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=User Feedback=

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==Error report contents==
* Describe:
** What steps were performed before the problem occurred
** What behavior you expected
** What happened instead
* Copy-paste the error log: you can access it from Slicer in the menu: Help / Report a bug. By default log of the current session is displayed but you can retrieve the logs of the last few sessions
* Optional: capture a screenshot that illustrates the issue

That could be summarized by the SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example) approach documented on http://sscce.org

==Workflow for Handling Bugs and Feature Requests in Slicer==

The following instructions describes the recommended workflow to report a problem related to Slicer application. 

* 1. [http://na-mic.org/Mantis/signup_page.php Register] on the issue tracker

* 2. [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel Sign-up] on the developers mailing list

* 3. Create an issue in the [http://na-mic.org/Mantis/bug_report_page.php tracker].

* 4. Optionally, if you would like to share dataset >= 2MB, you should consider uploading them on our dedicated server. See [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Report_a_problem/UploadData|How to share and associate data with an issue]]

* 5. Send an email on the [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel slicer-developers] list pointing to the reported bug. Title of the email should start with <code>[BUG 1234] Title of the bug</code>

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