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>
<p>
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