Features

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A useful request names the user, the failure, and what “done” means before sunrise. Support counts on this page are community marks collected by email, not an account system. To add a request, send one.

Debian

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apt: name the missing component when a package is invisible
If a package lives in contrib or a disabled suite, the error should print the exact sources line to enable — in plain English.
24h 42 marks
debian-installer: retry wireless without restarting the install
Failed association should return to the network step. Keep the existing installer UI; no new toolkit.
24h 37 marks
reportbug: reproducible-bug skeleton by default
Pre-fill steps / expected / actual so first-time reporters file something maintainers can act on.
12h 31 marks
Cross-links among apt, apt-get, and aptitude manuals
SEE ALSO should match how people actually switch tools, including the modern apt(8) entry points.
8h 24 marks

GNOME

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File chooser: last bookmark per application
Restore the last sidebar bookmark per app, not only the last filesystem path.
12h 29 marks

Vim

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Help topic for paste indent disasters
A short :help page and a mapping hint for paste / nopaste that a panicked first-time user can find.
6h 33 marks

Samba

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smbclient: say “clock skew” when Kerberos fails for that reason
One sentence instead of a GSSAPI blob when the client clock is wrong.
8h 21 marks

PostgreSQL

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psql: suggest the matching GRANT when permission is denied
On a permission error, print the object and the privilege that was missing, with a sketched GRANT line.
12h 27 marks

LibreOffice

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Writer: warn before exporting a document that loses tracked changes
If the target format cannot keep markup, say so before the user overwrites the working file.
12h 22 marks

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