From 92fd3cf8d380e426c40fb8c8a68db6b81ee40abd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Kristian Arntzen Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 10:03:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 1a30d4e7a6..3aaee5289e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,7 +1,19 @@ # Contributing to RetroArch If you are a developer and want to contribute to the development of RetroArch, please read this. -If you have found a bug and want to submit a minor patch, please read this as well. +If you have found a bug and want to submit a minor patch or a bug report, please read this as well. + +# Submitting a bug report +When submitting a bug report, make sure that the bug is local to RetroArch. +A bug in a libretro core or something deemed to be external is likely to be closed very fast. +If you still suspect a bug in RetroArch, make sure to test with several cores to make sure. + +If you have troubles building RetroArch on Linux/BSD/OSX, make sure to paste shell output of ./configure, +as well as config.log and shell output of make. If building on Windows, just paste shell output of make. + +If the issue occurs during runtime, make sure to paste RetroArch's verbose log. +If using Phoenix frontend, you can find log in (File -> Show Log) after running. +In console, make sure to run with verbose (-v) flag. # Pull Requests Outside contributions are generally only accepted in the form of a pull request. The process is very simple.