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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====
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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
    
====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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