A standard bug-reporting program for cygwin
David A. Cobb
superbiskit@home.com
Mon Oct 16 14:37:00 GMT 2000
Is there a good technical reason why an existing open-source system, such as
Bugzilla, is inappropriate?
Chris Faylor wrote:
> I'd like to set up a shell script or program which could be run to generate
> text to be sent to the cygwin mailing list.
>
> It would ask a limited number of questions and generate a text file appropriate
> for mailing here.
>
> My idea would be for the script to run 'cygcheck -r -s -v' and then ask
>
> What program is causing problems (e.g., gcc, bash, awk, etc)?
>
> Describe the problem in detail (a simple test case would be appreciated):
>
> Enter the name of any associated files needed to generate the problem.
> .
> .
> .
> Created file xxx. Please send this file to cygwin@sources.redhat.com with the
> subject "bug report".
>
> Does this make sense? My goal is to cut down on the back and forth of the "I can
> provide details if necessary". "Yes. Provide details."
>
> cgf
>
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