teledyn wrote: > Markling, we feel your pain but please understand that this is > opensource; there is no such thing as a "production release" it is ALL > beta-testing; you and I and Chris are all of us the QA dept, the Dev > Shop and the Consumer, rolled into one -- we're all in this together. > that's the whole point ;) > > fortunately, these days, with semi-intelligent package managers like > apt, it is relatively easy to remove and re-install (and roll-back) > individual packages, esp something like trackerd that has few > dependencies, so the danger to your workstation is minimal, although > yes, it will cost a bit of your time. > > but that is the point of opensource; each of us contributes what we can > and together we make the magic happen :) >
I have been contributing Ubuntu bug reports for a while, but probably less usefully than I could and certainly with some fear regarding testing packages. I would like to help more but I don't know how to (safely). Is there a straightforward guide to the processes, issues and pitfalls that may be encountered? For example, how and when should I switch to the 'testing' release of Ubuntu; what is a PPA and how do I use it? What 'tips and tricks' should we be aware of? Like many others out there I want to help fix these issues - things then work better for us, after all - but I simply lack the necessary background and experience, and want to minimize the risk of catastrophically breaking something in my learning attempts. -- Tracker uses notifications with actions when the index is corrupt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361205 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
