On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 04:25:40PM +0200, Bernd Roesch wrote: > > I always ask what revision you are using for NetSurf, and all > > its libraries, and neither of you ever say anything other that "latest" > I think its clear and Artur mean this too, when there is a bug notice, that > the latest source is > checkout and compile all should do with the latest sources.use older sources > is not usefull and report a Bug.
The big issue is that we are fixing bugs almost *hourly* right now. This means that while it was "latest" when you checked it out and built it, it may be many revisions behind by the time one of us *reads* your email. By explicitly including SVN revision numbers you will save us all a lot of hassle. To do this simply, every time you do "svn update" to update your checkout, then note the revision number which it updates to. Remember that if one of the dependent libraries is updated, you must be careful to rebuilt it, and then to rebuild NetSurf fully. An ideal bug report would be somewhat of the form: ----8<----- Short sentence describing bug properties here. At SVN revision: AAAAA of libwapcaplet BBBBB of libparserutils CCCCC of libcss DDDDD of hubbub EEEEE of libnsgif FFFFF of libnsbmp GGGGG of libnsfb HHHHH of NetSurf With a Makefile.config of: FOO=bar WIBBLE=auto Invoking the build as: make TARGET=framebuffer Visiting http://some-url-which/provokes/the?bug causes the following issue: Long description of bug here, perhaps with backtraces and/or debugger output. Attached is the verbose output of Netsurf. ---->8------- If you can manage to provide that level of information, I'm more confident that we will be able to help you diagnose issues. Regards, Daniel. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ PGP mail accepted and encouraged. Key Id: 3CCE BABE 206C 3B69
