1# GLib 2 3GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects such 4as GTK and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability 5wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, 6threads, dynamic loading, and an object system. 7 8The official download locations are: 9 <https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib> 10 11The official web site is: 12 <https://www.gtk.org/> 13 14## Installation 15 16See the file '[INSTALL.in](INSTALL.in)' 17 18## How to report bugs 19 20Bugs should be reported to the GNOME issue tracking system. 21(<https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/new>). You will need 22to create an account for yourself. 23 24In the bug report please include: 25 26* Information about your system. For instance: 27 * What operating system and version 28 * For Linux, what version of the C library 29 * And anything else you think is relevant. 30* How to reproduce the bug. 31 * If you can reproduce it with one of the test programs that are built 32 in the tests/ subdirectory, that will be most convenient. Otherwise, 33 please include a short test program that exhibits the behavior. 34 As a last resort, you can also provide a pointer to a larger piece 35 of software that can be downloaded. 36* If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out 37 when the crash occurred. 38* Further information such as stack traces may be useful, but 39 is not necessary. 40 41## Patches 42 43Patches should also be submitted as merge requests to gitlab.gnome.org. If the 44patch fixes an existing issue, please refer to the issue in your commit message 45with the following notation (for issue 123): 46Closes: #123 47 48Otherwise, create a new merge request that introduces the change, filing a 49separate issue is not required. 50