Mesa (master): docs: update bug reporting guidelines

Brian Paul brianp at kemper.freedesktop.org
Mon Jul 3 16:17:02 UTC 2017


Module: Mesa
Branch: master
Commit: 8e4559b3fc1c5bac55a0918ddf0c304d6ec970fc
URL:    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=8e4559b3fc1c5bac55a0918ddf0c304d6ec970fc

Author: Brian Paul <brianp at vmware.com>
Date:   Sun Jul  2 08:48:26 2017 -0600

docs: update bug reporting guidelines

Suggest attaching output of glxinfo/wglinfo.  Suggest providing
an apitrace.

---

 docs/bugs.html | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/bugs.html b/docs/bugs.html
index 445d9cac1e..44955d3f7c 100644
--- a/docs/bugs.html
+++ b/docs/bugs.html
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ Please follow these bug reporting guidelines:
 the problem.
 <li>Check if your bug is already reported in the database.
 <li>Monitor your bug report for requests for additional information, etc.
+<li>Attach the output of running glxinfo or wglinfo.
+This will tell us the Mesa version, which device driver you're using, etc.
 <li>If you're reporting a crash, try to use your debugger (gdb) to get a stack
 trace. Also, recompile Mesa in debug mode to get more detailed information.
 <li>Describe in detail how to reproduce the bug, especially with games
 and applications that the Mesa developers might not be familiar with.
-<li>Provide a simple GLUT-based test program if possible
+<li>Provide an <a href="https://github.com/apitrace/apitrace">apitrace</a>
+or simple GLUT-based test program if possible.
 </ul>
 
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