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PR:		130039
Submitted by:	gavin
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Remko Lodder 2008-12-30 08:24:54 +00:00
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instead respond that this just is not supported.</para>
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<para>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.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If this is a kernel problem, then be prepared to
supply the following information. (You do not
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sense of that option</para>
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<para>a backtrace, if one was generated</para>
<para>the full text of any backtrace, panic or other console
output, or entries in <filename>/var/log/messages</filename>,
if any were generated</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>the output of <command>pciconf -l</command> and
relevant parts of your <command>dmesg</command> output if
your problem relates to a specific piece of hardware</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>the fact that you have read
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minute or two to use the web-based search engine at
<ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query"></ulink>.
(Of course, everyone is guilty of forgetting to do this
now and then.)</para> </listitem>
now and then.)</para>
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<para><emphasis>Report only one issue per Problem
Report.</emphasis> 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&mdash;such PRs often take longer to resolve.</para>
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<para><emphasis>Avoid controversial requests.</emphasis>