Re: bug tracking system

["Paul Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>]

%% Josef Dalcolmo <dalcolmo@vh-s.de> writes:

  jd> I know I am supposed to check first if a bug has already been
  jd> registered, before submitting a new message. But how does one do
  jd> that, if one cannot search the bug reports by content? I cannot
  jd> know the number, or author of a bug report, if I know only the
  jd> symptoms.

Look it up based on package.  If the problem appears to be with Emacs,
for example, look in the emacs20 package (or emacs21 or whatever version
of Emacs you're using).

You'll have to know the package anyway before you can submit the bug,
since every bug needs to be assigned to a package.

If you can't figure out the package, take your best guess and the
maintainer can help you reassign it if it's not correct, and/or ask here
and we'll try to guide you.

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