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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/support/bugreports.sgml,v 1.4 2007/03/11 16:34:45 gabor Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "Bug Reports">
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<html>
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&header;
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<h2>Problem Report Database</h2>
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<p>Current FreeBSD problem reports are tracked using the <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/">GNATS</a>
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database.</p>
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<p>A FreeBSD problem report (PR) is not necessarily a bug with FreeBSD
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itself. In some cases it may be reporting a mistake in the
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documentation (which could be a simple typo). In other cases it may
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be a 'wishlist' item that the submitter would like to see incorporated
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in to FreeBSD. In many cases a PR contains a port which has been
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prepared for inclusion in the FreeBSD
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<a href="&base;/ports/index.html">Ports and Packages</a> collection.</p>
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<p>Problem reports start 'open', and are closed as the issue they report
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is resolved. In addition, each PR is assigned a unique tracking ID
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to ensure that it is not lost. Many FreeBSD changes include the
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tracking ID of the PR that prompted the change.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="&cgibase;/query-pr-summary.cgi">View or
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search problem reports</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/send-pr.html">Submit a Problem Report</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/prstats/index.html">View PR Statistics</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>How to Submit A Problem Report</h2>
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<p>Problem reports may be submitted to the development team using the
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<a href="&cgibase;/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1">send-pr(1)</a>
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command on a &os; system. Another way to submit a problem report is
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to use the web based <a href="&base;/send-pr.html">form</a>,
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or by sending an email message to <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org</a>.
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Please note that <a href="&base;/send-pr.html">send-pr</a> is preferred
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since messages sent to the mailing list are <em>not</em> tracked as
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official problem reports, and may get lost in the noise!</p>
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<p>Before submitting a problem report, you might find it useful to
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read the <a
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href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/">Writing
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FreeBSD Problem Reports</a> article. This article describes
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when you should submit a problem report, what you are expected
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to include in one, and what the best way to submit your problem
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report is. Some useful background information is also contained
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in the <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pr-guidelines/">Problem
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Report Handling Guidelines</a> article.</p>
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</body>
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