fcmartins <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Apr 3rd: > >> I would like to see better error handling, aka the Windows/MacOSX dump which captures >> to a file and allows the user to report to Microsoft/Apple. Â The ignore feature is >> one thing to be added. > >There are already plenty of bugs in the database waiting for attention ;-) I agree. The appdb should have enough intelligence to figure out when a duplicate report is submitted through this method. We don't have enough folks to triage bugs if this were the case. > >Which is not to say there is no room for improvement in the handling of crashes and user support. That is correct. >At least, the crashes should not be silent: a dialog box with some explanation, a text box where >to copy output info from (alternatively show how to use terminal), point people to this forum. That might make people upset. However, they will have a place to send in reports. >Make a bridge between appdb and wine, so that when a certain app crashes, an howto could be >displayed, and/or a link to the appdb page is provided. This is a good thought, but what happens when the application is not in the AppDB? Users are trying to use new programs all the time. Should we allow them to create a new entry and provide input? These are items for discussion. James McKenzie > > > > >
