On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:36, Thomas Zander <zan...@kde.org> wrote: > On Sunday 11 March 2012 11.26.53 Niko Sams wrote: >> >> I'd like to talk about an idea on how DrKonqi > > [] >> >> What software could crashes.kde.org run? I'm not sure, maybe abugzilla >> installation or somethingcustom written. Or some other bugtracking >> software. > > > I'd say this is a great idea, mostly because it means a lot more can be > automated on lots of ends. > Naturally, the actual automation means research and development, which means > manpower. I didn't get from your email if you wanted to volunteer for some > of this work :) > > Personally I'd go for a solution that also tries to register the last 20 > keystrokes and 20 mouse clicks (qt global event listener) and if and when a > crash occurs that info can be send with the backtrace. So even if there are > no debug packages installed we get some info to do data-mining on. That would provide useful information? I guess it depends on the application and bug.
> Either case, I'd think you want something custom written. Its not too much > work to do the basics and maybe we can steal some code that compares > backtraces and steal some ideas or code for on-disk data-store of those > backtraces. +1 The existing solutions are very complex and have lots of features. And they solve different use cases. > Niko, I'm wondering if you can help out with realization of your ideas, and > if you have php or perl skills for instance. > I might find some time on my hands, and it sounds like a fun (and needed) > project so I could help out. I would have php skills, but I don't have that much spare time. But with the positive feedback so far I think I will start with something. Niko