Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 05:54:30PM +0100, Sascha Berkenkamp wrote: > * Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21:05h, 24.02.2005]: > > [Debian for Debugging and Testing] > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-chroot > > thank you. I tried it out and it works very good. Muc

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

* Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21:05h, 24.02.2005]: [Debian for Debugging and Testing] > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-chroot thank you. I tried it out and it works very good. Much more better and more user friendly than emulating a second Debian via Bochs or

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

Hello Sascha, * Sascha Berkenkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-25 13:45]: > I want to help the debian team and I also read debian.org/devel ! So I > think I would like to help testing and debugging the debian system in > order to help to fix some bugs in some programs or debian sepcific > stuff.

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

Usually, but I've sponsored NMU uploads by non-DDs before. Sounds interesting - how does that work? When saying "trivial" - did you mean easy to fix or the priority of a bug (i.e., wishlist)? I mean it should be a serious bug which is affecting real people but has gone unadressed. Not something

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 02:41:48PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > If a bug is serious, and not a trivial thing, and if a patch has > >been filed then a NMU could be applied. > But only a Debian developer can do so, right? Usually, but I've sponsored NMU uploads by non-DDs before. > When

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 02:41:48PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: >> If a bug is serious, and not a trivial thing, and if a patch has >> been filed then a NMU could be applied. > But only a Debian developer can do so, right? You can have a sponsored NMU -- I did such a thing once. /* Steinar */

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

If a bug is serious, and not a trivial thing, and if a patch has been filed then a NMU could be applied. But only a Debian developer can do so, right? When saying "trivial" - did you mean easy to fix or the priority of a bug (i.e., wishlist)? [...] Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 09:39:51PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > >You can browse our bug database at . A good way > >to start is to search for any bugs in software you regularly use, and to > >see if you can help out. > > > > But what could one do, if the maintainer d

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

Hi! [...] If you want to take this one step further, actually trying to crash an application in a reproducible way, or trying to narrow down a bug to a specific set of actions can be really helpful as well; for instance, if there's a bug that says something like 'If I run this application, it somet

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:42:05PM +0100, Sascha Berkenkamp wrote: > Hi, > > I want to help the debian team and I also read debian.org/devel ! So I > think I would like to help testing and debugging the debian system in > order to help to fix some bugs in some programs or debian sepcific > stuff.

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

Quoting Sascha Berkenkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I want to help the debian team and I also read debian.org/devel ! So I > think I would like to help testing and debugging the debian system in > order to help to fix some bugs in some programs or debian sepcific > stuff. I'm not sure if I'

Re: Tips wanted for debugging and testing Debian

Sascha Berkenkamp wrote: >I use Debian unstable on my laptop, testing on my old PIII which runs >some server taks for my local net and a Debian stable on a Webserver. >I prefer to work on my old PIII, but I don't want to destroy my running >Debian. Should I install Debian on a second partition or