Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.60 diff -u -r1.60 article.sgml --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml 13 Jul 2008 14:37:24 -0000 1.60 +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml 26 Dec 2008 19:55:17 -0000 @@ -390,6 +390,17 @@ + If the problem can be reproduced easily, include + information that will help a developer to reproduce it + themselves. If a problem can be demonstrated with + specific input then include an example of that input if + possible, and include both the actual and the expected + output. If this data is large or cannot be made public, + then do try to create a minimal file that exibits the + same issue and that can be included within the PR. + + + If this is a kernel problem, then be prepared to supply the following information. (You do not have to include these by default, which only tends to @@ -408,7 +419,14 @@ sense of that option - a backtrace, if one was generated + the full text of any backtrace, panic or other console + output, or entries in /var/log/messages, + if any were generated + + + the output of pciconf -l and + relevant parts of your dmesg output if + your problem relates to a specific piece of hardware the fact that you have read @@ -471,7 +489,17 @@ minute or two to use the web-based search engine at . (Of course, everyone is guilty of forgetting to do this - now and then.) + now and then.) + + + + Report only one issue per Problem + Report. Avoid including two or more problems + within the same report unless they are related. When + submitting patches, avoid adding multiple features or + fixing multiple bugs in the same PR unless they are closely + related—such PRs often take longer to resolve. + Avoid controversial requests.