From 3aa4ba493e8a859c0f06cf257146425adaad62e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carsten Dominik Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:58:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that bug reports should be using the latest Org version if possible --- doc/org.texi | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi index bc8369318..16241112a 100644 --- a/doc/org.texi +++ b/doc/org.texi @@ -727,10 +727,15 @@ active region by using the mouse to select a region, or pressing If you find problems with Org, or if you have questions, remarks, or ideas about it, please mail to the Org mailing list @email{emacs-orgmode@@gnu.org}. If you are not a member of the mailing list, your mail will be passed to the -list after a moderator has approved it. +list after a moderator has approved it@footnote{Please consider subscribing +to the mailing list, in order to minimize the work the mailing list +moderators have to do.}. -For bug reports, please provide as much information as possible, including -the version information of Emacs (@kbd{M-x emacs-version @key{RET}}) and Org +For bug reports, please first try to reproduce the bug with the latest +version of Org available - if you are running an outdated version, it is +quite possible that the bug has been fixed already. If the bug persists, +prepare a report and provide as much information as possible, including the +version information of Emacs (@kbd{M-x emacs-version @key{RET}}) and Org (@kbd{M-x org-version @key{RET}}), as well as the Org related setup in @file{.emacs}. The easiest way to do this is to use the command @example @@ -749,7 +754,7 @@ about: @item What did you expect to happen? @item What happened instead? @end enumerate -@noindent Thank you for helping to improve this mode. +@noindent Thank you for helping to improve this program. @subsubheading How to create a useful backtrace