| Message ID | 20211124142728.1221817-3-kchamart@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | rSTify 'report-a-bug' and 'security-process'; move them to QEMU Git | expand |
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 14:27, Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com> wrote: > > This is also based on Paolo's suggestion[1] of "report-a-bug" page[2] > from the QEMU website being a candidate for docs/devel. > > Converted from Markdown to rST using: > > $> pandoc -f markdown -t rst report-a-bug.md \ > -o reporting-a-bug.rst > > Modifications: > > - Rename this from "report-a-bug" page to "reporting-a-bug" to be > consistent with existing in-tree docs. > > - Use internal rST reference to "submitting-a-patch.rst"; and slightly > tweak the sentence where this is referenced. > > - Also tweak the description at the top of the 'index.rst' to to reflect > that the manual also documents some of QEMU's development processes. > > [1] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-11/msg04002.html > [2] https://www.qemu.org/contribute/report-a-bug/ > > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com> > --- > docs/devel/index.rst | 8 +++++--- > docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst I don't think the bug-reporting instructions really belong in 'devel', because we would like all users to report bugs, not just developers. I think the /about/ section would be a better home for this file. -- PMM
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 01:35:11PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 14:27, Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com> wrote: [...] > > [1] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-11/msg04002.html > > [2] https://www.qemu.org/contribute/report-a-bug/ > > > > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com> > > --- > > docs/devel/index.rst | 8 +++++--- > > docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst > > I don't think the bug-reporting instructions really belong in 'devel', > because we would like all users to report bugs, not just developers. > I think the /about/ section would be a better home for this file. (Sorry for the slowness, I was out the last 4 days.) Yeah; fair point. Not sure why I didn't think about it :-). I'll drop this one. - - - What do you think about these two pages: https://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/FAQ https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/GettingStartedDevelopers I think the 'Contribute/FAQ' page could be on the website, because the same argument: FAQ can be used by any contributor, not just developers. But 'GettingStartedDevelopers' can be in docs/devel/. Let me know if you think differently.
diff --git a/docs/devel/index.rst b/docs/devel/index.rst index 424eff9294..39797679de 100644 --- a/docs/devel/index.rst +++ b/docs/devel/index.rst @@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ Developer Information --------------------- -This section of the manual documents various parts of the internals of QEMU. -You only need to read it if you are interested in reading or -modifying QEMU's source code. +This section of the manual documents some of QEMU's development +practises, and various internals of QEMU. These documents are +particularly useful for those interested in reading or modifying QEMU's +source code. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 @@ -49,3 +50,4 @@ modifying QEMU's source code. submitting-a-patch submitting-a-pull-request security-process + reporting-a-bug diff --git a/docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst b/docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a72f91caf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.. _reporting-a-bug: + +Reporting a bug +=============== + +Bugs can be filed at our `bug +tracker <https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues>`__, which is +hosted on GitLab. Note: If you’ve got a problem with how your Linux +distribution packages QEMU, please use the bug tracker from your distro +instead. + +When submitting a bug report, please try to do the following: + +- Include the QEMU release version or the git commit hash into the + description, so that it is later still clear in which version you + have found the bug. Reports against the `latest + release </download/#source>`__ or even the latest development tree + are usually acted upon faster. + +- Include the full command line used to launch the QEMU guest. + +- Reproduce the problem directly with a QEMU command-line. Avoid + frontends and management stacks, to ensure that the bug is in QEMU + itself and not in a frontend. + +- Include information about the host and guest (operating system, + version, 32/64-bit). + +QEMU does not use GitLab merge requests; patches are sent to the mailing +list according to the guidelines mentioned here: :ref:`submitting-a-patch`. + +Do **NOT** report security issues (or other bugs, too) as “confidential” +bugs in the bug tracker. QEMU has a :ref:`security-process` for issues +that should be reported in a non-public way instead. + +For problems with KVM in the kernel, use the kernel bug tracker instead; +the `KVM wiki <https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Bugs>`__ has the details.
This is also based on Paolo's suggestion[1] of "report-a-bug" page[2] from the QEMU website being a candidate for docs/devel. Converted from Markdown to rST using: $> pandoc -f markdown -t rst report-a-bug.md \ -o reporting-a-bug.rst Modifications: - Rename this from "report-a-bug" page to "reporting-a-bug" to be consistent with existing in-tree docs. - Use internal rST reference to "submitting-a-patch.rst"; and slightly tweak the sentence where this is referenced. - Also tweak the description at the top of the 'index.rst' to to reflect that the manual also documents some of QEMU's development processes. [1] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-11/msg04002.html [2] https://www.qemu.org/contribute/report-a-bug/ Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com> --- docs/devel/index.rst | 8 +++++--- docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/devel/reporting-a-bug.rst