backtraces

[Rich]

On 2007.10.29. 14:56, Ljubomir Simin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was thinking about the backtraces users send when Amarok crashes. I think 
> that could be a good topic for a short article on the next AWN. So I'm 
> interested in some statistics:
> 	-how many backtraces are submitted? i.e. weekly/monthly

some stats can be seen here :)
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=amarok-backtraces

> 	-how many of them are plain useless, and what is the percentage of the useful 
> ones?
> 	-what are the most frequent issues, what are the reasons Amarok fails the 
> most? xine? bad packages? shared libraries versions? database issues? 
> smp/x86_64 problems?
> 	-maybe the most used ditro?
> 
> Besides statistics, I whould explain a bit what backtraces are, why debugging 
> info is so important, and educate readers how to make a good backtrace.
> I would not like to wash our dirty laundry publically (if we have any ;)), 
> just think that might be interesting.
-- 
  Rich