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TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide - 2.17.7
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>The Bugzilla Guide - 2.17.7
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    Development Release</TH
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>Chapter 5. Using Bugzilla</TD
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>5.6. Filing Bugs</H1
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><P
>Years of bug writing experience has been distilled for your
    reading pleasure into the 
    <A
HREF="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/bugwritinghelp.html"
TARGET="_top"
>&#13;    Bug Writing Guidelines</A
>. 
    While some of the advice is Mozilla-specific, the basic principles of
    reporting Reproducible, Specific bugs, isolating the Product you are
    using, the Version of the Product, the Component which failed, the
    Hardware Platform, and Operating System you were using at the time of
    the failure go a long way toward ensuring accurate, responsible fixes
    for the bug that bit you.</P
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        in your browser and click 
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HREF="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/enter_bug.cgi"
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>Select a product - any one will do.</P
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>Fill in the fields. Bugzilla should have made reasonable
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>Try to make sure that everything said in the summary is also 
      said in the first comment. Summaries are often updated and this will
      ensure your original information is easily accessible.
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>&#13;      You do not need to put "any" or similar strings in the URL field.
      If there is no specific URL associated with the bug, leave this 
      field blank.
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>If you feel a bug you filed was incorrectly marked as a
      DUPLICATE of another, please question it in your bug, not      
      the bug it was duped to. Feel free to CC the person who duped it 
      if they are not already CCed.
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