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Bug#446099: clarify /Bugs/reporting



Package: www.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

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: :'  :  proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user
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? Reporting.wml.patch
Index: Reporting.wml
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/Bugs/Reporting.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.59
diff -u -r1.59 Reporting.wml
--- Reporting.wml	12 Sep 2007 23:54:02 -0000	1.59
+++ Reporting.wml	10 Oct 2007 13:41:27 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #use wml::debian::template title="Debian BTS - reporting bugs" NOHEADER=yes NOCOPYRIGHT=true
 
-<h1>How to report a bug in Debian using reportbug</h1>
+<h1>How to report a bug in Debiang</h1>
+
+<h2>Use reportbug</h2>
 
 <a name="reportbug"></a>
 <p>We strongly recommend that you report bugs in Debian using the
@@ -15,13 +17,9 @@
 href="mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org";> Debian user mailing
 list</a>.</p>
 
-<h1>How to report a bug in Debian using email</h1>
-
-
 <h2>Important things to note <strong>before</strong> sending your bug
 report</h2>
 
-
 <a name="whatpackage"></a>
 <h3>What package does your bug report belong to?</h3>
 <p>You need to know what package your bug report should be filed
@@ -63,12 +61,13 @@
 Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will forward the
 bug upstream.</p>
 
-
 <h2>Sending the bug report via e-mail</h2>
 
 <p>You can report bugs in Debian by sending an e-mail to
 <a href="mailto:submit@bugs.debian.org";><code>submit@bugs.debian.org</code></a>
-with a special format described below.</p>
+with a special format described below. <code>reportbug</code> (<a
+href="#reportbug">see above</a>) will properly format the e-mails for you;
+please use it!</p>
 
 <h3>Headers</h3>
 <p>Like any e-mail you should include a clear, descriptive
@@ -371,10 +370,14 @@
 <h2><a name="findpkgver">Using <code>dpkg</code> to find the package and
 version for the report</a></h2>
 
-<p>If you are reporting a bug in a command, you can find out which
-package installed it by using <code>dpkg --search</code>.  You can
-find out which version of a package you have installed by using
-<code>dpkg --list</code> or <code>dpkg --status</code>.
+<p>When using <code>reportbug</code> to report a bug in a command, say
+<code>grep</code>, the following will automatically select the right package
+and let you write the report right away: <code>reportbug --file $(which
+grep)</code></p>
+
+<p>You can also find out which package installed it by using <code>dpkg
+--search</code>. You can find out which version of a package you have
+installed by using <code>dpkg --list</code> or <code>dpkg --status</code>.
 </p>
 
 <p>For example:</p>

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