Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of TipsForBugReports

Timestamp:

May 13, 2010, 10:27:07 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Update Instructions for 2.7.0

TipsForBugReports

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 = How to Submit a Bug Report =
 
-Submitting a bug reports is very important. Submitting correct bug reports is even more.
+Submitting ''good'' bug reports is very important.
 
 == Before you Submit any bug ==
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 == Windows Users ==
 
- * Download and install [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234  the debug version of Pidgin for Windows].
- * The next time you run Pidgin and it crashes, the call stack will be dumped to a `pidgin.RPT` file in your Pidgin install directory (usually `C:\Program Files\Pidgin`).
-   * '''Vista/Windows 7 users:''' If you are running with UAC enabled (or don't know what that statement means), check for it in `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Pidgin`. If you have UAC disabled, it will be in the Pidgin install directory.
+ * Make sure that you have the "Debug Symbols" for your current Pidgin version.  These are installed via a checkbox in the installer.
+  * To check if you have the debug symbols, check if you have a `pidgin-x.y.z-dbgsym` (with `x.y.z` matching your version) directory in your Pidgin installation directory.
+ * The next time you run Pidgin and it crashes, the call stack will be dumped to a `pidgin.RPT` file in your [wiki:"Using Pidgin#Whereismy.purpledirectory" `~/.purple` directory].
  * When submitting a bug report, give a detailed description on how to reproduce your bug and attach the most recent crash dump from your `pidgin.RPT`.
    * Note that each new crash dump will '''''append''''' to the file, so if you have several crashes, all the dumps will be present.