document bugreporting

diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING b/docs/CONTRIBUTING
index 14c3f0b..f5d7ebc 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ This is a relatively easy, solid and transparent way to handle all requests in o
 That said, you can always ask us to check on your stuff or ask for advice.
 
 
 That said, you can always ask us to check on your stuff or ask for advice.
 
 

+### Bugreporting
+
+Bug reports are also welcome, especially the ones that come with a patch ;-)
+Before making a new ticket, check whether the bug is reported already.
+If you want to report a bug and you don't know where the problem in the code
+is, please supply:
+
+* version (commit hash) (see `uzbl --version`)
+* operating system
+* versions of libsoup, webkit, gtk.
+* output of uzbl --verbose (with http_debug set, if relevant)
+

 ### Valgrind profiling
        $ add this to Makefile header: CFLAGS=-g
        $ recompile
 ### Valgrind profiling
        $ add this to Makefile header: CFLAGS=-g
        $ recompile