Re: git bug reporting

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:26:18 -0400
Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:20:52PM -0400, Bryan Jacobs wrote:

quoted

Dear git Developers,

Apologies if this is not the right forum for bug reports. I was
unable to find a Bugzilla/Redmine/Flyspray instance for issue
maintenance, nor some "proper procedure" on the git web page.

Yes, this is the right place. This question seems to be coming up a
lot lately. And indeed, looking at the webpage and the wiki, we are
not very clear that the mailing list is the place for such things.

Do you mind telling us where you looked? That will give us at least
one spot that we know should be more clear. :)

I looked at the git-scm.com main page, the "documentation" sub-page,
the wiki front page, and googled the site for terms like "issue tracker"
and "bug reports", then read the FAQ.

In the meantime, I've updated:

  1. The GitCommunity wiki page to mention that bug reports should go
     to the list.

  2. Added an entry "How do I report a bug in git?" to the FAQ on the
     wiki.

  3. Sent Scott a patch for git-scm.org to mention bug reporting under
     the big "Got questions" banner on the front page that points
people to the mailing list. Pull request is here:

       https://github.com/schacon/gitscm/pull/11

     It may make sense to have a specific page on reporting bugs, and
     link to it via a bigger "how to report bugs" somewhere on the
front page of git-scm.org.

Thank you very much for your efforts. It looks like you hit all but one
of the places I looked. I agree that having a link from some part of the
git-scm landing page would make sense, that's common practice for
software projects and seems to me a logical place for it. I (obviously)
read the text under the "got questions" bit; it was what sent me to
this list. If it had said "report a bug here" I would have felt more
confident about sending this message.

Bryan Jacobs