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Diffstat (limited to 'hurd/running/debian')
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn index d2b7b776..1dd8a4db 100644 --- a/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn @@ -28,20 +28,24 @@ either use the reportbug tool, or just simple mail. In any case, you should follow these guidelines: * The submission address is <submit@bugs.debian.org>. + * The mail's subject (which will become the bug's title) should be `SOURCE-PACKAGE: FTBFS on hurd-i386: REASON`. - * The first lines of the mail's body (the so-called *pseudo-header*): - * `Severity: important` -- not *serious*. - * `Version: VERSION` -- the version of the source package in unstable. - * `Tags: patch` -- as/if you include a ready-to-be-applied patch. - * `User: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org` - * `Usertags: hurd` -Please also add + * The first lines of the mail's body (the so-called *pseudo-header*): -`X-Debbugs-CC: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org` + Package: PACKAGE + Severity: important -- not *serious* + Version: VERSION -- the version of the source package in unstable. + Tags: patch -- if you include a ready-to-be-applied patch. + User: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org + Usertags: hurd + X-Debbugs-CC: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org -in the mail headers, so that the mailing list knows about your report. +The last three lines are used to to change the current *User* to the specified +value (the default is the email sender/from address), specify *Usertags* to add +the specified tags for the current user, and *X-Debbugs-CC* so that the +[[mailing list|mailing_lists/debian-hurd]] knows about your report. In the bug description, mention that the package fails to build on hurd-i386 and (if possible) quote the failure. If possible, point to the failing build |