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  1. Another important but relatively easy task is to confirm and prioritize new
  2. issues as they're reported on GitHub.
  3. Requirements
  4. ------------
  5. - Run up-to-date `nightly builds <https://download.supertuxproject.org/download/>`__
  6. or your own up-to-date build from git
  7. - Ideally, you also have a build of the latest release available to test the
  8. issue there as well
  9. - You're comfortable running builds that might break
  10. - You have a GitHub account and are familiar with the issue tracking system (see
  11. https://help.github.com/articles/about-issues/ and
  12. https://help.github.com/articles/about-discussions-in-issues-and-pull-requests/)
  13. Confirm Issues
  14. --------------
  15. Confirming issues simply means you go through the list of issues that were newly
  16. created. You then attempt to reproduce the problem on your computer by following
  17. the instructions to reproduce provided by the person reporting the issue.
  18. Finally, comment on the issue and tell us whether or not you also experience the
  19. issue.
  20. This helps the developers to verify the validity of issues.
  21. You can also check older issues to see if they've been fixed already without
  22. someone closing the issue.
  23. Prioritize Issues
  24. -----------------
  25. Prioritizing issues will help the developers to see what needs to be fixed first
  26. and will also help us to choose easy issues for new contributors.
  27. For example a crash on the main screen is way more important than a small glitch
  28. in a single level that only few people will notice. Also, while small issues
  29. will usually be fixed fast by the developers, we could also suggest these to new
  30. contributors to get them started quickly. This will help the core developers
  31. focus on more important and severe issues.
  32. Simply leave a comment on the issue explaining how severe and important the
  33. issue seems to be to you.