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| author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-03 07:43:03 +0000 |
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| committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-03 07:43:03 +0000 |
| commit | 29a9221eb5ba056cd9b89d933641de7e7c6bdb21 (patch) | |
| tree | 7f4a34dc99c82e7ea26edd09e18b6c44f7f1f991 | |
| parent | 45be390ed22f958db94a8b1ad706538e372daa12 (diff) | |
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Correct the send-pr text to make a little more sense.
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/handbook/submitters.sgml | 27 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/submitters.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/submitters.sgml index e4a681c..e76fd7c 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/submitters.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/submitters.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: submitters.sgml,v 1.37 1997/01/02 18:21:48 max Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: submitters.sgml,v 1.38 1997/01/02 18:24:42 mpp Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <chapt><heading>Contributing to FreeBSD<label id="submitters"></heading> @@ -247,14 +247,23 @@ the following 6 categories: See <ref id="eresources:mail" name="mailing lists"> for more information about this and other mailing lists. - <item>An actual bug report should be filed by using the - <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html" name="send-pr(1)"> - program. This will prompt you for various fields to fill in. - Simply go to the fields surrounded by <tt><></tt>'s and fill - in your own information in place of what is suggested there. - You should receive confirmation of your bug report and a tracking - number. Keep this tracking number and use it in any subsequent - correspondence. + <item>An actual bug report should be filed by using the send-pr(1) + program or its <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html" + name="WEB based equivalent">. This will prompt you for various + fields to fill in. In the send-pr(1) case, simply go to the + fields surrounded by <tt><></tt>'s and fill in your own + information in place of what is suggested there. With the + WEB based interface, you simply select the appropriate items from + various option menus and fill in the various fields shown there. + + <p>You should receive confirmation of your bug report along with + a tracking number. Please keep this tracking number and refer to + it in any subsequent correspondence so that people can find the + details of your problem quickly. You may also send mail to + <htmlurl url="mailto:bug-followup@freebsd.org" + name="bug-followup@freebsd.org"> with your PR# in the subject + line to append further information to an existing bug report. + If you do not receive confirmation in a timely fashion (3 days to a week, depending on your email connection) or are, for some reason, unable to use the <tt>send-pr(1)</tt> command, |
