On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 6:04 AM, Richard Jasmin <frazzledj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: general > Severity: important > > debian should implement an automatic crash detection and reporting system like > Fedora and Ubuntu teams have.If not mistaken, Fedora uses upstream of what > ubuntu uses --apport. > > There is no reason for debian to not have this feature.Yes, it is mostly a gui > tool. Debian is used on both client workstations and servers. > > Tool should catch crashes as they happen and allow users to report them.It > should auto-generate and allow people to auto generate debugging backtrace > reports, installing gdb packages as needed.This would generate useful traces > for developers in non-trivial way. > > Hint: corekeeper? ..but that is console based. Who uses a console these days?
We have a GSoC project this year working specifically on Apport for Debian, and you might be interested to follow up on that, :) Thanks, Aron [1]https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015/Projects#SummerOfCode2015.2FProjects.2FApportForDebian.Apport_for_Debian [2]http://blog.yurushao.info/2015/07/Debian-Apport-GSoC/ [3]http://www.researchut.com/blog/gsoc-apport-for-debian
