On 10/04/2018 03:45 PM, fantasai wrote:
Start here, at Mozilla's home page:
https://www.mozilla.org/
Give me steps to reproduce to find instructions for filing
a bug against Firefox. Ditto for up-to-date instructions
for building the source and submitting a patch.
(Don't send me links to the instructions; I'm cheating by
asking here already. Walk me through the process of
discovering how I can contribute to Mozilla and make the
world a better place. I wouldn't be here if I hadn't
already walked that path 19 years ago, but I can't find it
anymore so I need some help.)
I tried it out, and did better than I expected on my first run-through:
1. https://www.mozilla.org/
2. Scroll all the way down to the black section and click on "Firefox"
(but note that this was because my brain has a clear distinction between
"mozilla" and "firefox", so I was looking for anything firefox-specific
as it didn't make sense to me to file a bug against mozilla.)
3. Click on "support" up near the top.
4. Oh. A general support page. Type "file a bug" into the search box.
5. Top result is "How do I submit a bug for Firefox sync?
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-submit-bug-firefox-sync>".
Not exactly what I wanted, but perhaps close enough. Click on it.
6. The resulting Table of Contents has a section "File a bug". Click on it.
7. That takes you to text that says "file a bug here" with a link to
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Services>.
Click on it.
8. That goes to a Permission Denied page "Sorry, either the product
/Mozilla Services/ does not exist or you aren't authorized to enter a
bug into it." Click on "File a New Bug" in the upper right.
9. Victory!
In reality, I'm not sure I would make it through all that. I'd give up
at some point and do
N: google search "file a bug on firefox"
N+1: First result: "How do I post a bug report on Mozilla Firefox? |
Firefox Support Forum"
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwioy7Hs9e3dAhVDmK0KHTYcAqoQFjAAegQIBxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.mozilla.org%2Fquestions%2F1188220&usg=AOvVaw1xLeJ8Yjo3BxV1Wxy_gfu4>
N+2: Follow the link there to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
I know that's not what you asked. I agree that a nice path from
www.mozilla.org would be beneficial, especially for promoting the
volunteer aspect of the project.
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