# How the Rust issue tracker works

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/how-the-rust-issue-tracker-works/3951>\
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**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/how-the-rust-issue-tracker-works/3951 "2016-08-30T00:51:11Z")\
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> [@steveklabnik](#):
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> [https://forge.rust-lang.org/](https://forge.rust-lang.org/) is where stuff like this goes now.

This is the right place today.

> [@retep998](#):
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> @steveklabnik I don't know how much I'd trust anything on FRLO. It has its own page for platform support which is quite outdated compared to the table in the rust book on getting started.

My intent is for that info to live on the forge and not in the book. Obviously needs work though.

> [@nikomatsakis](#):
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> I sometimes use I-needs-decision to indicate not that no other I-tag applies

Oops. I didn't mean to imply I-needs-decision _means_ no other tag applies, just that _as a consequence_ of needing a decision no other tag applies, though I see that's not quite true. I've updated it to reflect what you said.

> [@nikomatsakis](#):
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> I'm curious about E-help-wanted vs E-mentor. I don't understand why they would be exclusive?

To me E-mentor implies that help is wanted.

> [@nikomatsakis](#):
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> you should take the time to write up a comment with enough detail to get somebody started (at least) on fixing the bug, and also leave a few details on how you can be contacted (e.g., your IRC nick), since I think new people to the project won't necessarily know that information. Granted, I've only done this on a few issues, but it seems to be correlated with a much higher rate of people actually following up, so I do think it's something we ought to do. 🙂

I've updated the text to this effect.

> [@troplin](#):
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> Hm... shouldn't I-needs-decision and needs-crater be E- tags?

Possibly, yes. Though I might suggest that all the 'exception' cases here might just ought be their own tags: needs-decision, nominated, mentor, help-wanted.

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