1. When you file an issue, your **responsibility** is to provide **ALL** the exact steps needed for me to reproduce an issue.
1. When you file an issue, your **responsibility** is to provide **ALL** the exact steps needed for me to reproduce an issue.
1. Ideally, never should I have to _guess_ how to reproduce an issue.
1. Ideally, never should I have to _guess_ how to reproduce an issue.
- Hence this is why very detailed steps must be very carefully written down **the first time** the issue is filed.
- Hence this is why very detailed steps must be very carefully written down **the first time** the issue is filed.
- Never assume an important step is "obvious".
1. Every single step, in order, must be provided, with **ALL** relevant details.
1. Every single step, in order, must be provided, with **ALL** relevant details.
1. Screenshots are nice, but use common sense: I can't cut and paste important text information from screenshots.
1. Screenshots are nice, but use common sense: I can't cut and paste important text information from screenshots.
- Regarding screenshots: common sense, common sense, common sense. Too much of a thing can easily end up as noise.
- Regarding screenshots: common sense, common sense, common sense. Too much of a thing can easily end up as noise.
1. Open source quality software comes from contributors carefully **crafting** code: conversely, issues must also be carefully **crafted** by other contributors.
1. Open source quality software comes from contributors carefully **crafting** code: conversely, issues must also be carefully **crafted**.
- In other words: you benefit from the carefully crafted code, return the favor by **carefully** crafting issues/bug reports.
- In other words: you benefit from the carefully crafted code, return the favor by **carefully** crafting issues/bug reports.
1. If your mindset is that your time is more precious than that of my time, refrain from filing issues.
1. If your mindset is that your time is more precious than that of my time, refrain from filing issues.