Scorpio Helper: Reporting New Bugs

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A tool to help you write a good bug report.
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Why should you use this form?

This form prompts you for information that is essential to project developers of that project. They need this information to understand and reproduce the bug. Being able to understand and reproduce bugs is the first step towards getting the bug fixed.

Four easy steps to report a new bug!

Step 1. Create a Scorpio account and log in.

Request admin to create an account for your project. You will be assigned as reporter. After you receive your Scorpio username and password, you may log-in to report bugs related to your project.

Step 2. Search for your bug.

Make sure the the bug you are going to report has not been reported by any of the reporter(of your project). If you don't find your bug, then search Scorpio. Searching reported BUGS effectively
For example: 1 or ticker

Search
Show of Bugs in Modules
And Bug No OR Summary OR Defect Observed OR Desired Result
And Bug Status
And Submitted Date
  Between
  And

Note: This is a sample search form.

Look through the search results. If you get any negative message such as ' No bugs found for your search' Scorpio found no bugs that match.

If you find a bug that looks the same as yours, you can add comments(Bug Note) to that bug, but please don't add a new one.

Step 3. Gather information.

Please try to complete this form as accurately as you can. The more you can tell us, the better our chance of being able to understand and reproduce your bug.

Enter Bug Details
*Module: Sub Module:
*Reproducibility:
*Severity:
*Summary:
*Defect Observed:
Desired Result:

Note: This is a sample form for reporting a new bug.

Step 4. Report your new bug to Scorpio.

Now that you've gathered all the right information, you're ready to report your bug to Scorpio.

What's next?

Check out the Scorpio Fact Sheet's Life Cycle of a Bug section to see what will happen to your bug.

Thanks for making the effort to file a good bug!

This is based on Mozilla's Bug Writing Guidelines.