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For triaging a bug, simply follow these steps:

Shine

• 💬 It is written in English.

• 👍 It seems it can be fixable.

• 📄 It has enough information.

• 🎯 The title is as specific as possible.

• 🔳 The panel hasn't obvious errors for you.

Sort

• 🔖 Set its importance if needed.

• 🐾 There isn't any obvious duplicates.

Classify

• 📜 It as a papercut if needed.

• 💟 It as a kernel bug if needed

• 💬 It as a translation bug if needed.

Publish

• 🔓 Make it public if needed (carefully).

• 🕑 Nominate for series if appropriate.

• 📨 Report it upstream if needed.

• 📤 Set its status to triaged if appropriate.

To triage is to make a confirmed bug ready to be fixed by a developer.

You can triage papercuts simply by joining the Papercuts Ninjas team.

Work-flow bugs shall only be touched by the package developers.

If the future release isn't Utopic, update this page.

If you need to consult specific doubts, you can have a look at the detailed triaging guide.