Hi, On Thu, Nov 6, 2025, at 11:52 PM, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > Hi, > > Fedora Workstation Working Group is tentatively planning to remove the > ABRT user interface (gnome-abrt) in Fedora 44. For more information, > see: > > https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/130#comment-992075 > > ABRT is currently in maintenance mode, receiving primarily bugfixes > rather than feature development. The Working Group would prefer to keep > gnome-abrt, but only if it were to receive considerable new feature > development. If anybody is interested in working on ABRT, help would be > welcome.
What's the most needed update for gnome-abrt? UI refresh or paper cut fixes? > Removing the user interface will not affect the automatic crash report > functionality. Crashes will still be reported to > https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf/summary/ which contains a > treasure trove of crash telemetry. It's a shame that Fedora developers > rarely look at it! This data could be quite useful for improving > software quality. If anybody is interested in this topic, it might be a > good opportunity to integrate AI, which could identify crash patterns > or perhaps even suggest fixes. It's a shame that upstream developers rarely look at it! It was very useful for me as an upstream developer to identify real issues users were facing, but I've also seen bug reports about new crashes, some with patches, being ignored. The latter problem is not something AI can fix, nor the awareness one. We should advertise it as a service to developers, perhaps develop capability to connect the reports to upstream issue tracker. At least it will help upstreams who want to receive crash reports gain more visibility. > So that's two possible projects, in case anybody is looking for an itch > to scratch. > > Michael -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
