From: E. A. Zen (ericzen_at_ez-net.com)
Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 - 20:14:31 EST
On 03/27/04 18:37:34, leegold wrote:
>
> Rather than install the old msword97 on a fresh OS
> install I decided to try abiword. I'm on a win2k pc.
> OK, so abiword 2.0.5 is crashing a lot, but I understand
> getting it rock solid takes time.
"Crashes a lot" on a STABLE build is NOT supposed to happen. Please,
by dear god, place concise information on how to recreate the crashes
in a bug report.
>
> Could you implement a talk-back feature? Eg. when mozilla,
> crashes a file with the dump and info is ftp'd automatically
> to Mozilla's "home" for I assume the developers to review.
> Could you do that with abiword? I assume a big crash db is
> generated - wouldn't that be a powerful debugging tool?
It was decided before releasing 2.0 to remove the hash downloader from
the main build (originally to re-create it as a plugin) because a word
processor talking to Internet complied with all psychological
requirements of "scary" and "just plain wrong."
If you're daring, you could try compiling with debug enabled and attach
the information it spews out to a bug report (NB: This would be really
useful!).
(npf)
http://www.perditionschasm.org/abiword/builds/nightly/
You'll find it under "UserDebug build:"
NOTICE TO JEREMY: You're getting errors on your page.
>
> I've never attempted to develop software anywhere near
> the scale of abiword so I am not sure if what I suggest
> is workable. It's crashing a lot on my pc.
Bugzilla thrives off of reproducable bugs. If you can feel the power
of C++ Fu within you, we could always use more assistance on Windows.
Out of character re-birth,
-Eric
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