From ee26e282ccd019e23620ce31fd4326765f161d68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Clasen Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 11:34:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update contribution guide Make my feelings about bug reporting by screencast known. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 474598fc81..80be9420fc 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ If the issue includes a crash, you should also include: 0. the eventual warnings printed on the terminal 0. a backtrace, obtained with tools such as GDB or LLDB +It is fine to include screenshots of screen recordings to demonstrate +an issue that is best to understand visually, but please don't just +dump screen recordings without further details into issues. It is +essential that the problem is described in enough detail to reproduce +it without watching a video. + For small issues, such as: - spelling/grammar fixes in the documentation -- 2.30.2