about our `how to report bugs' web page
Hi people,
I've made some changes to http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting that the
readers of this list should know about. It now suggests asking here in case
the reader/bug submitter doesn't have a clue what package has s/he noticed a
problem in.
This seemed like a sensible thing to do, since a lot of these bugs are filed
against unknown packages and each one of those takes a bit of time to
reassign. And we all know how volunteer time is precious :)
Also, some of those `clueless' bugs happen to be user errors, and it would
be good if we filter those through a mailing list before leaving a permanent
mark in the bug tracking system.
The most often stuffed-up-Package:-pseudo-header cases are bugs in the
installation system and the kernel. If anyone asks about this, please tell
them to use "boot-floppies" and "kernel", respectively. If they also mention
a kernel version, tell them to use "kernel-image-x.y.z-w" or whatever.
Also, I made some other changes to that web page so it's written a bit more
clearly. I'd appreciate any comments aimed at improving it further.
Anyway, thanks for your attention, and sorry for the extra traffic I caused. :)
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