[project @ 2002-04-30 15:11:40 by simonmar]

Add a section entitled "How do I tell if my bug has already been reported?"

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/intro.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/intro.sgml
index 0013ad8..13963cf 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/intro.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/intro.sgml
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@
     url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/">SoureForge GHC
     page</ulink>, go to the <quote>bugs</quote> section, click on
     <quote>submit</quote>, and enter your bug report.  You can also
-    check the outstanding bugs here to make sure it hasn't already
-    been reported.  Or:</para>
+    check the outstanding bugs here and search the archives to make
+    sure it hasn't already been reported.  Or:</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <para>Email your bug report to
@@ -240,6 +240,18 @@
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <sect2>
+      <title>How do I tell if my bug has already been
+      reported?</title>
+      
+      <para>Try searching the mailing list archives.  The archives
+      don't have a built-in search facility, but we find that <ulink
+      url="http://www.google.com/">Google</ulink>'s site search works
+      pretty well: enter
+      <quote><literal>site:www.haskell.org</literal></quote> followed
+      by your search term into Google.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2>
       <title>What to put in a bug report</title>
       <indexterm><primary>bug reports</primary><secondary>contents</secondary></indexterm>