From: DJ Delorie Subject: Re: Are bare bugreports appropriate for this maillist? 17 Nov 1998 15:24:54 -0500 Message-ID: <3651DB96.41C6@delorie.com> References: <16822 DOT 981117 DOT cygnus DOT cygwin32 DOT developers AT is DOT lg DOT ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) To: Paul Sokoilovsky Paul Sokolovsky wrote: > New to maillist, would like to know if bugreports could be sent > here, or only ones with patches? ;-) (I'm not subscribed to main list, > traffic too large). If yes, I'll try, though someone hopefully > reported already: Since this is the "developers" list, I can understand your concern, but keep in mind that development is more than just writing code. There is also testing, documentation, and other things that contribute to the overall package. Obviously, bugs with patches would be best, but it's better to report a bug you can't fix than to keep silent about it. If you try to fix the bug but fail, let us know that too - it might save us some time. You can still help us out by following some common sense guidelines: * Please report only bugs about cygwin itself; bugs with programs ported to cygwin should go to the main list. * Include a complete description of the bug - what you did, what it did, what you expected it to do. * Include complete command line examples. If source code is involved, try to come up with a very short yet complete sample source that demonstrates the bug. (Please don't include the source if it's long, but be prepared to send it to us individually if we need it to reproduce the bug). * Tell us what OS and version you're running, even if you think it doesn't matter. We usually don't need to know what kind of hardware you're running on, and we can always as if we do. * If you have a workaround for the bug, tell us about that too. Plus, all the Cygnus cygwin developers read both lists, so if you send it to one of the lists, you don't need to send it to the other list or copy us personally about it. DJ