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| * post brief details of confirmation, how to fix or how you verified | | * post brief details of confirmation, how to fix or how you verified |
| * then change the Status | | * then change the Status |
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| + | ====Bug Triage==== |
| + | If you can help do these steps, the developers can concentrate on fixing the bugs. <br > |
| + | The steps in this list is maybe 90% of the time of most bugs. |
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| + | Reread [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html How to report bugs effectively] |
| + | |
| + | Now look at the bug reports in Bugzilla with your developer hat on. |
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| + | * Go into triage mode |
| + | * Ask the questions asked by the essay |
| + | * Get the information from the reporter |
| + | * Reproduce the issue |
| + | * Confirm the bug or mark it invalid if you can't reproduce it |
| + | * Summarise the issue if the report isn't clear |
| + | * Add a note about a workaround/fix if one is obvious to you |
| + | * That fix may not be the one we adopt, but it often helps if you tell us what you did to fix it |
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| ====Bug Status==== | | ====Bug Status==== |
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| * [-+?] | | * [-+?] |
| Set the flag to ? to say someone needs to look at it | | Set the flag to ? to say someone needs to look at it |
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− | ====Bug Triage====
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− | If you can help do these steps, the developers can concentrate on fixing the bugs. <br >
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− | The steps in this list is maybe 90% of the time of most bugs.
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− | Reread [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html How to report bugs effectively]
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− | Now look at the bug reports in Bugzilla with your developer hat on.
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− | * Go into triage mode
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− | * Ask the questions asked by the essay
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− | * Get the information from the reporter
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− | * Reproduce the issue
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− | * Confirm the bug or mark it invalid if you can't reproduce it
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− | * Summarise the issue if the report isn't clear
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− | * Add a note about a workaround/fix if one is obvious to you
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− | * That fix may not be the one we adopt, but it often helps if you tell us what you did to fix it
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