Re: RFC: gnome-dbg
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 10:33 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> I have thought of two approaches to make them generate useful bug
> reports.
> 1. Making bug-buddy downloading them automatically when needed;
> this needs to integrate a lot of intelligence in bug-buddy
> itself, as it would have to know which packages to download to
> generate a useful backtrace. The user would also need to wait
> for the download to complete.
> 2. Making the gnome-desktop-environment metapackage recommend
> gnome-dbg, and gnome depend on it, but only in the development
> cycle, not in stable releases.
3. Have a central repository with debug infos for each debian
packages, and make bug-buddy download only what's necessary
to decorate the stack trace. Simpler than 1. (no package
install, so no messing with system as root) but still needs
a download.
Xav
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