General FAQ

1. Where can I report a wish, a patch or a comment?
2. Where can I report a bug?
3. Does Krusader have a mailing list?
4. Does Krusader have a IRC channel?
5. How does the Krusader forum work?
6. How can i translate Krusader to my native language?
1.

Where can I report a wish, a patch or a comment?

An open source projects greatest strength is derived from getting user feedback. That is why we love to hear what you have to say. The most convenient way is to use the Krusader Forum. For information on what remains to be done look at the Todo Forum. Adding todo items into the Todo Forum is for developers only, but feel free to post to the New Features Discussions/Requests Forum for things that aren't on the Todo Forum, but should be. If you have a nice feature request, the Krusader Krew will add your request to the Krusader Forum. For more information about the forum click here . You can reach us by mail or drop us a note in our Krusader Forum.

2.

Where can I report a bug?

We have a online Bug Tracking System.

Using the online bug-tracker helps us have a clear and orderly way to know how many bugs are open, bug priority and follow-ups. It saves us the long time needed to browse the entire Krusader forum, searching for yesterdays bug. Please use this system.

Before reporting a bug, please regard the following:

  1. Use the Search function of the Krusader Forum , your bug might be solved already. Please DO NOT post new bugs to the Bug Discussions Forum (except if you are not sure that you have found a bug). We use it for bug discussions.

  2. Check if the bug is already posted in the online bug list of the Bug Tracking System.

  3. If you can't find this bug mentioned, please submit it into the bug tracker by clicking the "Submit New" button in the bug-tracker window. Please submit the following issues: the used Krusader version, the used Linux® distribution + version, a good description of the problem.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Note

If possible, try to do the same operation with Konqueror or an other KDE application. If you encounter the same problem than it is possibly a KIOSlave or KDE (kdelibs) bug, and not a Krusader bug. Krusader uses the KDE libraries and the KIOSlaves for many operations. In some cases you can encounter problems if your distribution is incorrectly configured, please test it first as explained above, thanks!

Note

If you've got bugs to report please do not use KDE's bugzilla http://bugs.kde.org/, KDE's Bug Tracking System.

3.

Does Krusader have a mailing list?

Yes, we have 3 mailing lists. No spam, no bother, just Krusader. Feel free to (un)subscribe.

Tip. our mailing list are archived and with the URL's below you can view them with a browser, so that you don't even have to subscribe to see the mailing lists.

  • Krusader-news is used to notify Krusader users about new releases, major bugfixes etc. . The news can also been read online at latest news and in the News and Announcements Forum who are basically the same but displayed in an other format.

  • Krusader-commits when the Krusader Krew commits code into CVS, it will be reported into this mailing list. This allows you to follow the Krusader development ... live! Want to keep track? Waiting for a certain feature/bugfix?

  • Krusader-devel is the developer mailing list of the Krusader Krew. If you are considering to join the Krusader Krew or if you want to follow the development on the bleeding edge, this is the place to be!

4.

Does Krusader have a IRC channel?

Yes, we have. Feel free to talk to the Krusader Krew, and ofcourse fellow users via freenode.org servers. The server is irc.freenode.org, the channel is #krusader. Everyone is welcome.

5.

How does the Krusader forum work?

In the spirit of freedom of speech, everything that is Krusader related can be discussed in our forum. It does not matter that you are a newcomer or an advanced user, everybody is welcome. An open source projects greatest strength is derived from getting user feedback. That is why we love to hear what you have to say. With your feedback we can make Krusader better and better, otherwise we are not aware of issues you may have. But please regard the following, so that we can maintain some order in the chaos. ;-)

If the Documentation, FAQ and the Krusader Forum can't help you, do not hesitate to drop a posting in our forum. The Krusader Krew or the Krusader forum community is always available to help you.

Please use the Search function of the Krusader Forum, your issue may have been previously discussed (this allows us to minimze the double/triple/... postings). If your issue has already been discussed in the past there is a great chance that you will have an instant solution for your issue/problem. Some issues are asked over and over again, for these issues we have the made the FAQ ;-) This also allows us also to spend more time in developing Krusader.

The Krusader Forum is split up in five sections:

  • News and Announcements Forum all the latest news.

  • Bug Discussions Forum: discussions about bugs, please DO NOT use the forum for bug reports (except if you are unsure if you have found a bug).

  • New Features Discussions/Requests Forum: discussions about new features for future Krusader versions.

  • Todo Forum here you will find the list of the planned features. Registered users will be able to VOTE and COMMENT on the TODO items. Here you get the chance to push your favourite features (+3) and still prefer certain features over others (+1), if you don't care about a feature just simply don't vote on that feature. Unregistered users may only browse the Todo Forum. The Todo ranking system contains the results based on the votes. Adding TODO items or removing TODO items which have been implemented will done by the Krusader Krew.

  • General Discussion Forum: everything that is Krusader related and doesn't belong in the other forums.

Thanks for your cooperation!

We are providing RSS feeds for our forums. You don't have to check for new posts all the time, instead the news will come to you! To make use of them, simply point your RSS aggregator to here.

6.

How can i translate Krusader to my native language?

Please read the Krusader translation howto. It's not difficult to translate! Everyone can do it, it just takes some time.