Post AUIhL0DW2Ql8cXQL6u by spot@social.afront.org
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(DIR) Post #AUIhL0DW2Ql8cXQL6u by spot@social.afront.org
2023-04-03T14:19:38Z
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The five steps for a good open source bug report:1. Is it reproducible? If yes, provide explicit steps. If no, be clear about this fact.2. Is the bug visual in any way? Take a screenshot. Heck, take several.3. Is anything unique about your system/environment? Did you install software yourself? Is there anything in /usr/local or ~ that could possibly be interacting, even if you think it is unlikely?4. Have you tried it on a completely clean installation of the OS/environment? VMs are great for this.5. Did you write all of this down AND put it in the place where the community has documented that it wants bugs reported? Hint, this is almost never discord, slack, or the personal email address of the last committer.
(DIR) Post #AUJogIZdsPMwTJppqa by kuon@mastodon.social
2023-04-04T13:06:52Z
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@spot @agateau videos are great too!
(DIR) Post #AUJogJPOlyll3q3AWG by spot@social.afront.org
2023-04-04T13:07:46Z
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@kuon @agateau They can be, but they should be kept small.
(DIR) Post #AUJogK709reDF4RzU0 by kuon@mastodon.social
2023-04-04T13:17:26Z
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@spot @agateau yeah size can be an issue, but it helped me countless times to notice small things.
(DIR) Post #AUJogKr5OWVjY00nJY by agateau@mastodon.xyz
2023-04-04T19:53:09Z
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@kuon @spot a dedicated user once provided me with a VM to reproduce a bug! I actually wrote about it: https://agateau.com/2012/qt-image-decoders-stepping-on-each-others/That was a tricky one 🙂
(DIR) Post #AUJos4KeeX8LmERAps by spot@social.afront.org
2023-04-04T19:55:14Z
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@agateau @kuon What a cool writeup (and a dedicated bug reporter)! Thank you for sharing!