Re: instruction for submitting help requests

[John Swensen]

Shai Ayal wrote:
> Maybe we should make it a bit harder to submit to help & bug?
>
> How about requiring that the message has a portion describing octave 
> configuration. This portion would be manufactured by octave (by a 
> function) any email not containing this portion would be rejected by the 
> mailing list with a message describing how to add the portion, maybe 
> even including the source for the function so that old versions could 
> run them?
>
> Is this reasonable in both requirements from users and the mailing system?
>
> Shai
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What if they are having problems even getting Octave running?  Then they 
would be shunned even before they got a chance to get helped.

- John