On 8/23/07, Wiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to web programming and open source communities. In a > situation where I believe I've found a bug, should I first post it > here and confirm? Should I post it on the http://code.djangoproject.com > trac page?
If you're certain you have found an error, then opening a ticket would be the correct course of action. If you're uncertain, post it here first, and someone may be able to set you straight. Either way, you will need to describe the following: - Your exact setup (all the software and version numbers you can think of that might be involved) - The exact Django SVN revision in which you have observed the problem. Saying 'svn trunk' doesn't help, as the contents of the trunk can change several times a day. - A precise set of instructions (including sample models, views and data if required) for reproducing the problem. Which buttons do I press, which links do I follow, which commands do I run, and in which order, to make your problem appear? If you want to earn extra points with the Django core developers, the very best way to demonstrate an error is with a patch to the Django test suite - that is, adding a unittest or doctest condition that fails to the suite of tests that we run whenever we make a change to Django. In your case, you'll probably be looking at the tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress tests. This is the directory that contains the (fairly comprehensive) tests for loading and dumping data using fixtures, including some unicode data. However, this last bit is 'icing on the cake'. If you can't make sense of the test suite, a simple set of manual instructions will be fine. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
