Issue procedures and etiquette
The section on issue fields provides detailed descriptions of the fields on issue reports. But just knowing what the fields mean is not always enough -- in order to get your issues addressed, and participate fully in the Drupal community, it is also helpful to understand:
- The etiquette of issues
- How to make an effective issue report
- How to search for issues (to avoid duplicate issues)
- As a project maintainer, how to respond effectively to issues
- How to help a project maintainer with issue triage and other issue maintenance tasks
This section addresses these topics.
Following issues and getting notifications
How to see and get notified about new and updated issues of interest
Getting an issue addressed sooner
How to get an issue you created or are interested in addressed sooner by the project maintainers
Granting credit to issue contributors
How (as maintainer) to grant credit to contributors
Issue etiquette
How to participate in issues appropriately and effectively
Issue scope guidelines for Drupal core issues
Guidelines for deciding what belongs in a single Drupal core issue
Maintaining and responding to issues for a project
How to be a polite and committed maintainer of the issues for a project
Reporting a security issue
How to report a security issue with Drupal core or a contributed module, theme, or distribution
Reporting a usability issue
How to create a good issue about software usability
Reporting spam
How to report spam on drupal.org
Searching for issues
How to search effectively for issues
Templates for comments
Suggested text for issue comments.