LilyPond Contributor's Guide: 8.4 Adding issues to the tracker

## 8.4 Adding issues to the tracker

Note: This should only be done by the Bug Squad or experienced developers. Normal users should not do this; instead, they should follow the guidelines for Bug reports.

1. Check if the issue falls into any previous category given on the relevant checklists in Bug Squad checklists. If in doubt, add a new issue for a report. We would prefer to have some incorrectly-added issues rather than lose information that should have been added.
2. Add the issue and classify it according to the guidelines in Issue classification. In particular, the item should have `Status` and type labels.

   Include output with the first applicable method:

   - If the issue has a notation example which fits in one system, generate a small ‘`bug.preview.png`’ file with:

     >     lilypond -dpreview bug.ly

   - If the issue has an example which requires more than one system (i.e. a spacing bug), generate a ‘`bug.png`’ file with:

     >     lilypond --png bug.ly

   - If the issue requires one or two pages of output, then generate a ‘`bug.png`’ file with the normal:

     >     lilypond --png bug.ly

   - Images created as ‘`bug.png`’ may be trimmed to a minimum size by using the `trimtagline.sh` script, which can be found at

         https://raw.github.com/gperciva/lilypond-extra/master/bug-squad/trimtagline.sh

     >     trimtagline.sh bug.ly

   - If the issue cannot be shown with less than three pages, then generate a ‘`bug.pdf`’ file with:

     >     lilypond --pdf bug.ly

     Note that this is likely to be extremely rare; most bugs should fit into the first two categories above.

3. After adding the issue, please send a response email to the same group(s) that the initial patch was sent to. If the initial email was sent to multiple mailing lists (such as both `user` and `bugs`), then reply to all those mailing lists as well. The email should contain a link to the issue you just added.

#### LilyPond — Contributor’s Guide v2.22.2 (stable-branch).