From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28581 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2001 16:54:48 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Jun 2001 16:54:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 17844 invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2001 16:54:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 14849 Received: (qmail 17827 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2001 16:54:23 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: candle.brasslantern.com: schaefer set sender to lantern@shell10.ba.best.com using -f From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <1010611165317.ZM23036@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:53:16 +0000 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Suggested PATCH: Reorder README a little MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Generally, bug reports should not include "reporter" output unless the bug can *not* be reproduced with "zsh -f". Anybody disagree? Index: README =================================================================== diff -c -r1.2 README --- README 2001/06/01 16:44:28 1.2 +++ README 2001/06/11 16:51:13 @@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ and coordinated by Peter Stephenson . Please send any feedback and bugs reports to . -There is a script "reporter" in the subdirectory Util which will print -out your current shell environment/setup. If you report a bug, please -use this script and include the output from sourcing this file. This way, -the problem you are reporting can be recreated. - -You can help even more if you can reproduce the bug starting zsh with +Reports are most helpful if you can reproduce the bug starting zsh with the -f option. This skips the execution of local startup files except /etc/zshenv. If a bug occurs only when some options set try to locate the option which triggers the bug. + +There is a script "reporter" in the subdirectory Util which will print out +your current shell environment/setup. If you cannot reproduce the bug +with "zsh -f", use this script and include the output from sourcing this +file. This way, the problem you are reporting can be recreated. The known bugs in zsh are listed in the file Etc/BUGS. Check this as well as the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list before sending a bug -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net