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Debian wiki bugs portal. This portal covers all aspects of reporting and working on bugs in Debian.

• Debian bug tracking system

• Debian GNU/Linux FAQ - How do I report a bug in Debian?

• How to report a bug in Debian (using reportbug or email

BTS (for Bug Tracking System) is a software created by the Debian Project for its own needs. It provides the following functionality:

• Web interface for viewing and browsing bugs
• Can be controlled via email
• Users do not need to authenticate in order to report issues
• Filters to show different classes of bugs (ex.: having patches, with solution pending, already fixed, fixed in upstream, regarding localisation issues, etc.)
• User-defined tags
• Many more

Reporting Bugs When reporting a bug, please include the following information:

* What are you trying to do?
* How can the problem be reproduced (actions, commands...)
* What is the expected behavior?
* What happens instead?
* Version of the software
* Debian version/release

reportbug will automatically add relevant parts of your system configuration to bug reports.

See also How to Report Bugs Effectively

If the bug affects all users of the software (not exclusively Debian), it is sometimes better to report it to Debian and directly to the program developers/maintainers. Consult the official website of the software for information on how to report bugs.

* [[reportbug]] - a tool for easy reporting of bugs in Debian
* [[HowtoUseBTS]]
* [[BTS/HowTo]]
* [[BugTriage]]
* [[BSP]] - Bug Squashing Parties
* [[BTS/BugTag]]
* [[DebbugsSoapInterface]]
* [[BugReport]]
* [[BugReport/WorkingOn]]

* Use `https://bugs.debian.org/PACKAGENAME` to list bugs for a specific package
* Use `https://bugs.debian.org/BUGNUMBER` to access a specific bug report
* [[https://udd.debian.org/bugs/|Advanced bug search]] using UDD (the CGI script source can be a template for a customized local script, to be run against a public UDD instance)
* Mail interface: [[https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-refcard|commands reference]], [[https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control|control messages]], [[https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request|request commands]]
* Bugs affecting the BTS : [[DebianBug:bugs.debian.org]] and [[DebianBug:debbugs]]
* [[Teams/Debbugs]] - the team responsible for the BTS
* [[https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Access|Accessing BTS logs]]
* ''debbugs ­- Tips, Tricks and Hacks'', Anthony Towns 15th June, 2005  ([[https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2005/debconf5/mpeg/2005-07-12/|video]], [[https://debconf5.debconf.org/comas/general/proposals/47.html|slides]])
* ''Secret debian internals'', Enrico Zini, 2007 at Fosdem : ([[https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2007/fosdem/|video]],[[https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2007/fosdem/slides/Secret_debian_internals-Enrico_Zini/Secret_debian_internals-Enrico_Zini.pdf|slide]])

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