Features
Ask for something a team can actually ship.
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
| Feature | Scope | Community |
|---|---|---|
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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.
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24h | 42 marks |
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debian-installer: retry wireless without restarting the install
Failed association should return to the network step. Keep the existing installer UI; no new toolkit.
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24h | 37 marks |
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reportbug: reproducible-bug skeleton by default
Pre-fill steps / expected / actual so first-time reporters file something maintainers can act on.
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12h | 31 marks |
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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.
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8h | 24 marks |
GNOME
| Feature | Scope | Community |
|---|---|---|
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File chooser: last bookmark per application
Restore the last sidebar bookmark per app, not only the last filesystem path.
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12h | 29 marks |
Vim
| Feature | Scope | Community |
|---|---|---|
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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.
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6h | 33 marks |
Samba
| Feature | Scope | Community |
|---|---|---|
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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.
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8h | 21 marks |
PostgreSQL
| Feature | Scope | Community |
|---|---|---|
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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.
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12h | 27 marks |
LibreOffice
| Feature | Scope | Community |
|---|---|---|
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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.
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12h | 22 marks |