[Libreoffice-qa] QA Quick Start

[Eyal Rozenberg]

LibreOffice, like any application, is in a continuing process of gradual
change. Sometimes, these changes make bugs disappear - intentionally, or
incidentally due to other changes. It is important for developers to
know whether this has happened for a reported bug, because if it has:

* Developers would not try to look for the cause on the most current
version of the LibreOffice code.
* The priority for fixing the bug would likely be lower - as it will
most likely be "fixed" in the next release anyway by having gone away.
* Developers will have a better idea of where to look for the cause of
the bug - as they will know that recent changes have "touched" the code
somewhere which affects it.

Eyal

On 09/06/2023 0:24, Dominic Ricci wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to help out with the duplication of bugs as per:
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/GetInvolved
> <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/GetInvolved>
>
> I am running on MacOS and loaded the latest version of
> LibreOffice - 7.5.4.2
> I also created a Bugzilla account but am confused about hy  needed to
> download and install a recent master build - step 2 below -
>
> I figured I would try and duplicate the bug(s) on the latest stable
> version - if I am successful with that duplication, would I then make
> the latest /master build/ active then try to duplicate the issue there
> as well? /*Just not certain why I needed to download and install the
> master build - please advise.*/
>
> Thanks,
> Dominic
>
> From: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/GetInvolved
> <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/GetInvolved>
>
>
>       Quick start guide for beginners
>
> If you are a beginner, chances are you are not looking forward to wading
> through an insane amount of technical documentation. You would rather
> want to get started immediately. Let's go.
>
>  1. Download <https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/> and
>     install the latest stable LibreOffice (from the "Fresh" line)
>  2. Download
>     <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing_Daily_Builds> and
>     install a recent master build of LibreOffice
>  3. Create an account
>     <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/createaccount.cgi> in The
>     Document Foundation Bugzilla, the bug tracker
>