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Expand Up @@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ We have the following goals with our development:
There are several ways to help and writing code is just one of them. Reporting
issues and writing documentation are just as important as writing code.


### Reference version of GNU coreutils

We tries to be compatible with latest stable version of GNU coreutils,
or sometimes backports change done at master branch of GNU.

It is sometimes difficult to get latest version of it on many Linux distributions.
But Canonical provides [latest GNU coreutils](https://launchpad.net/~bamf0/+archive/ubuntu/coreutils-reference)
which can be used to compare our utils and with latest GNU coreutils before reporting any bug report. However,

- The package is PATCHED. Thus, it can be different with upstream.
- NEVER install the package to your system. It is not designed for daily usage. Manually download, extract [tarball](https://launchpad.net/~bamf0/+archive/ubuntu/coreutils-reference/+files/gnu-coreutils_9.11-0ubuntu1~ppa3_amd64.deb)
and run it.
- NOT accepting any bug reports and fixes of the package.

### Reporting Issues

We can't fix bugs we don't know about, so good issues are super helpful! Here
Expand All @@ -91,6 +106,7 @@ are some tips for writing good issues:
- Make sure to include all relevant information, such as:
- Which version or commit hash of uutils did you check?
- Which version of GNU coreutils are you comparing with?
- Did you test latest version of GNU coreutils?
- What platform are you on?
- Provide a way to reliably reproduce the issue.
- Be as specific as possible!
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