From f20f936a030c73b7af0981a2ce7ad2e19d654e03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "YUKI \"Piro\" Hiroshi" Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:00:10 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add the topic "don't join to an existing different discussion! --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 96798a5d..57ffef3e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -# Tree Style Tab contribution guide +# Tree Style Tab Contribution Guideline If you are planning to open a new issue for a bug report or a feature request, or having additional information for an existing issue, or hoping to translate the language resource for your language, then please see this document before posting. +This is possibly a generic guideline for contributing any Firefox addon project or a public OSS/free software project. + ## Good, helpful bug reports A good report is the fastest way to solve a problem. @@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ Then, please report the bug with these information: * **Detailed steps to reproduce the problem.** For example: 1. Prepare Firefox version XX with plain profile. - 2. Install TST version XXXX. + 2. Install Tree Style Tab version XXXX. 3. Install another addon XXXX version XXXX from "http://....". 4. Click a button on the toolbar. 5. ... @@ -38,6 +40,14 @@ Then, please report the bug with these information: * **Platform information.** If the problem appear on your multiple platforms, please list them. +## Please don't join to an existing discussion if your problem is different from the originally reported one + +Even if the result is quite similar, they may be different problem if the reproduction steps for yours are different from the one originally reported. +Then, you should create a new issue for yours, instead of adding comment to the existing issue. +Otherwise, I'll be confused if the original reporter said "the issue is a compatibility issue with another addon" but another reporter said "I saw this problem without any other addon". + +To avoid such a confusion, please post your report with detailed reproduction steps always. + ## Feature requests can be tagged as "out of purpose" Please see [the readme page](./README.md) before you post a new feature request.