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The first thing you look are the following guides about deciding to file a bug or not. The first things you should look at are the following guides about deciding to file a bug or not.

Software contains flaws, called bugs. To manage them, Ubuntu uses the [https://launchpad.net/malone Malone] bug tracking system.

If you want to help fixing bugs, please see HelpingWithBugs

Malone

Malone is a new bug tracker created as part of the Launchpad architecture. Malone is used to track all bugs for Ubuntu and bugs for packages from other distributions.

Getting started

Malone uses the Launchpad login, which is the same as this wiki. To create a Launchpad account, go [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs/+login here]

Filing Bugs

The first things you should look at are the following guides about deciding to file a bug or not.

If you need help with debugging a problem, see ["Debugging"]

If you need help with actually filing the bug, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html has quite a lot of information on how to do it properly.

When to file a bug

  • You can repeat the problem
  • It is not a feature of the program

When to not file a bug

Actually filing the bug

So your bug is an actual bug. The first thing you should do is search for it being already reported. If it is not, then click on the File a Bug on a Package link within Malone. Try and fill out a useful summary, select which program it happened in. If you do not know, take a guess or ask someone. Then fill out the description with as much information as you can. It is better to have more information that too little. Once you have filed out the package name, summary and description, click on submit. Unless you are experienced, it is best if you leave the other fields blank or with their default information. You are now done.

Bug triage

Bug triage is the act of cleaning up old bugs, solving some, and closing those which are incorrectly filed. Information on bug triage can be found at HelpingWithBugs.

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