X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=html%2FReporting.html.in;h=caf81ef9a7d1351d859839d47c5b92ae414407f0;hb=ec74d9703b7f7045ec85d9c66ae19a0710fd0bd9;hp=fbceb2fed967fe49ec9c766ef9ff907a108d568a;hpb=e3eea65dc4c027f1165e3c0dd94dd236fb1a3c92;p=debbugs.git diff --git a/html/Reporting.html.in b/html/Reporting.html.in index fbceb2f..caf81ef 100644 --- a/html/Reporting.html.in +++ b/html/Reporting.html.in @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ $gReportingHtml = < $gProject $gBugs - how to report a $gBug + @@ -11,8 +12,9 @@ $gReportingHtml = <Important things to note before sending -

Please don't report several unrelated $gBugs - especially ones in -different packages - in a single $gBug report. +

Please don't report multiple unrelated $gBugs - especially ones in +different packages - in a single $gBug report. It makes our lives much +easier if you send separate reports.

You should check if your $gBug report has already been filed by someone else before submitting it. Lists of currently outstanding $gBugs are @@ -37,12 +39,12 @@ headers, but a different method, described below.

There is a program that was developed in Debian to help reporting $gBug reports, it's called -reportbug. +reportbug. It will guide you through the bug reporting process step by step, and probably ease filing bugs that way.

Emacs users can also use the debian-bug command provided by the - + debbugs-el package. When called with M-x debian-bug, it will ask for all necessary information in a similar way to reportbug.

@@ -76,7 +78,10 @@ has the $gBug.

Version: <something> -

Replace <something> with the version of the package.

+

Replace <something> with the version of the package. +Please don't include any text here other than the version itself, as the +$gBug tracking system relies on this field to work out which releases are +affected by the bug.

You need to supply a correct Package line in the pseudo-header in order for the $gBug tracking system to deliver the message @@ -213,6 +218,16 @@ as described in the developers' documentation. Separate multiple tags with commas, spaces, or both. +

+User: <username>
+Usertags: <usertags>
+
+ +

Replace <usertags> with one or more usertags. +Separate multiple tags with commas, spaces, or both. If you specify a +username, that users tags will be set. Otherwise, the email address of +the sender will be used as the username

+

Not forwarding to the mailing list - minor $gBug reports