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** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Core Core] (backend bugs affecting all three of Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, especially about HTML page layout) | ** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Core Core] (backend bugs affecting all three of Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, especially about HTML page layout) | ||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Plugins Plugins] (i.e. Acrobat, Flash, Java, and the like) | ** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Plugins Plugins] (i.e. Acrobat, Flash, Java, and the like) | ||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Other%20Applications Other Applications] (among others, ChatZilla | ** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Other%20Applications Other Applications] (among others, ChatZilla and DOM Inspector, both of which are included in official versions of SeaMonkey) | ||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Localizations Mozilla Localizations] (bugs about menus & messages in other languages than en-US) | ** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Localizations Mozilla Localizations] (bugs about menus & messages in other languages than en-US) | ||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=NSS NSS] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=NSPR NSPR] (these two change very little, only very few new bugs belong in them) | ** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=NSS NSS] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=NSPR NSPR] (these two change very little, only very few new bugs belong in them) | ||
* Is the bug '''still found''' in current SeaMonkey versions (latest release, latest beta, latest Aurora nightly, latest comm-central-trunk nightly)? If you can't decide, and neither can anyone present, add a comment to the bug asking the reporter, and in that case also add [CLOSEME | * Is the bug '''still found''' in current SeaMonkey versions (latest release, latest beta, latest Aurora nightly, latest comm-central-trunk nightly)? If you can't decide, and neither can anyone present, add a comment to the bug asking the reporter, and in that case also add [CLOSEME yyyy-mm-dd INCO] or [CLOSEME yyyy-mm-dd WFM] (where yyyy-mm-dd is a "reasonably" future date) to the Whiteboard. | ||
* Is the bug a '''valid''' bug? If the behaviour it describes is intentional, then the bug is INVALID. If the problem is not a Mozilla problem (if the fault is in an extension, or in the code for some plugin, etc.) the bug is also INVALID but in this case the problem should be reported to the responsible party (the extension author, the plugin makers, etc.) | * Is the bug a '''valid''' bug? If the behaviour it describes is intentional, then the bug is INVALID. If the problem is not a Mozilla problem (if the fault is in an extension, or in the code for some plugin, etc.) the bug is also INVALID but in this case the problem should be reported to the responsible party (the extension author, the plugin makers, etc.) | ||
* Is the bug a real bug or enhancement request, but one '''not worth fixing'''? Only an owner or peer of the component where the bug is found can decide to resolve it WONTFIX. Check [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/dev/project-areas the SeaMonkey project areas page] and/or [[Modules|the Mozilla module owners list]] to see who is in charge. | * Is the bug a real bug or enhancement request, but one '''not worth fixing'''? Only an owner or peer of the component where the bug is found can decide to resolve it WONTFIX. Check [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/dev/project-areas the SeaMonkey project areas page] and/or [[Modules|the Mozilla module owners list]] to see who is in charge. | ||
=== Bug fixing === | === Bug fixing === | ||
* Finally, do you think '''you can fix''' the bug? <span style="color:white; background-color:#0C0">Don't panic!</span>. Some of them, including very easy one-liners, will have '''<tt>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&namedcmd=SeaMonkey%20open%20%22good%20first%22&sharer_id=104443&list_id=4088742 [good first bug]]</tt>''' in the Whiteboard, usually with [language= (meaning the programming language) and [mentor= (with the IRC nick of someone to ask help from); and <span style="background-color:#9F9">even if you aren't yet capable of fixing any single bug, all the above will still need to be done.</span> | * Finally, do you think '''you can fix''' the bug? <span style="color:white; background-color:#0C0">Don't panic!</span>. Some of them, including very easy one-liners, will have '''<tt>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&namedcmd=SeaMonkey%20open%20%22good%20first%22&sharer_id=104443&list_id=4088742 [good first bug]]</tt>''' in the Whiteboard, usually with [language= (meaning the programming language) and [mentor= (with the IRC nick of someone to ask help from); and <span style="background-color:#9F9">even if you aren't yet capable of fixing any single bug, all the above will still need to be done.</span> | ||