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===== Guidelines for opening new tasks ===== | ===== Guidelines for opening new tasks ===== | ||
− | * Take some minutes of your time and read | + | * Take some minutes of your time and read [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html this] document, it will teach you how to report a bug correctly. |
* We cannot accept bug reports for modified versions of POV-Ray. | * We cannot accept bug reports for modified versions of POV-Ray. | ||
* Always perform a search on '''both open and closed''' bugs ('tasks') before opening a new one. Your bug might already have been reported, or your feature requested. | * Always perform a search on '''both open and closed''' bugs ('tasks') before opening a new one. Your bug might already have been reported, or your feature requested. |
Revision as of 18:52, 8 May 2009
Reporting bugs in POV-Ray
Bug reports are an essential part of development, and the developers need you to let them know about programming defects in POV-Ray. However, there are a few things that you need to keep in mind when you are thinking about submitting a bug report or requesting a new feature. Please take a few moments to read this brief list of guidelines before you open a new task in our Bug Reporting System.
Guidelines for opening new tasks
- Take some minutes of your time and read this document, it will teach you how to report a bug correctly.
- We cannot accept bug reports for modified versions of POV-Ray.
- Always perform a search on both open and closed bugs ('tasks') before opening a new one. Your bug might already have been reported, or your feature requested.
- Use the English language in any tasks you open. Nothing will get done if we can't understand you.
- Only report one bug or request one feature per task.
- If you report a bug, and we mark it as 'requires testing', then please test it and add a comment to the task telling us how well it works.
- If a task is closed and marked 'fixed in devel', then try the development version before requesting that it be re-opened.
- If we deny your request to re-open a task, check the History tab for our reason. If you are unsatisfied with the reason, you are welcome to discuss it in the forums.
- Be polite. Remember that you got POV-Ray for free.