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- <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Reporting the Bug</span>
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- Okay, so you have done everything you could to make sure, and you still
- think it's probably a bug. You should then go ahead and file a bug
- report. To do this, begin by going to
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- The first time you file a bug report, you will be asked to create a
- Bugzilla account. The process is easy and painless, and you probably
- won't even get any spam as a result.
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- This takes you to the bug report form, which you should fill out
- as follows. Note that most of the information you enter can be
- changed later by the developers if you get it wrong, so try to get
- it right but don't be obsessive about it.
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- <span class="term">Summary</span>
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- <dd>
- <p>
- Give a one-sentence summary that is descriptive enough so that
- somebody searching for similar bugs would find your bug report on
- the basis of the words this summary contains.
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- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Steps to reproduce the bug</span>
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- Follow the directions. Be as specific as you can, and include all
- information that you think might possibly be relevant. The classic
- totally useless bug report is,
- “<span class="quote">GIMP crashes. This program sucks</span>”.
- There is no hope that the developers can solve a problem if they
- can't tell what it is. If at all possible, give a procedure that
- will reliably reproduce the buggy behavior, and give it in enough
- detail so that a moron could follow it.
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- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Component</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Set this to the part of <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> that the bug
- affects. You have to pick something here, but if you aren't
- sure, make a guess and don't worry about it.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Severity</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- In most cases you should either leave this as
- “<span class="quote">Normal</span>” or set it to “<span class="quote">Enhancement</span>”,
- if it is an enhancement request rather than a
- malfunction. The maintainers will adjust the severity if they
- think it is warranted.
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- <span class="term">Priority</span>
- </dt>
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- In most cases you should leave this at “<span class="quote">Normal</span>”,
- and allow the maintainers to adjust it. Setting the priority to
- “<span class="quote">Immediate</span>” or “<span class="quote">Urgent</span>” usually just
- manages to annoy people.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Version</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Set this to the version of <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> that you are
- using. Leave the Gnome version unspecified.
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- <dt>
- <span class="term">Operating System</span>
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- Set this to your OS unless you have a very good reason for
- thinking that the bug applies to all operating systems.
- </p>
- </dd>
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- You can ignore the rest. When you have filled out all of these things,
- press the “<span class="quote">Commit</span>” button and your bug report will be
- submitted. It will
- be assigned a number, which you may want to make note of; you will,
- however, be emailed any time somebody makes a comment on your bug report
- or otherwise alters it, so you will receive reminders in any case. You
- can see the current state of your bug report at any time by going to
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org and, at the bottom of the page, in the
- “<span class="quote">Actions:</span>” area, entering the bug number and pressing
- the “<span class="quote">Find</span>” button.
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- <p>
- Sometimes it is very helpful to augment a bug report with a screenshot
- or some other type of data. If you need to do this, go to the web page
- for your bug report, click on the link
- “<span class="quote">Create a New Attachment</span>”, and
- follow the directions. But please don't do this unless you think the
- attachment is really going to be useful–and if you need to attach a
- screenshot, don't make it any larger than necessary. Bug reports are
- likely to remain on the system for years, so there is no sense in
- wasting memory.
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