README and INSTALL should contain information about the request tracker

(noted by Jonathan Louie <jlouie@recourse.com>).

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 09c778fca32981b5ba3cb2e6a265e92bc3767193..af86485e00fe8127481e54624635e8618446a2d7 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@
      the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like missing
      standard headers).  If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please
      report the problem to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org> (note that your
-     message will be forwarded to a public mailing list).  Include the
-     output of "make report" in your message.
+     message will be recorded in the request tracker publicly readable
+     via http://www.openssl.org/rt2.html and will be forwarded to a public
+     mailing list). Include the output of "make report" in your message.
+     Please check out the request tracker. Maybe the bug was already
+     reported or has already been fixed.
 
      [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
      configuration option as an immediate fix.]
@@ -158,7 +161,8 @@
      try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line
      in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please send a bug
      report to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, including the output of
-     "make report".
+     "make report" in order to be added to the request tracker at
+     http://www.openssl.org/rt2.html.
 
   4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
 

diff --git a/README b/README
index ef9fcc002b392bc66ed2e85932ec1848473af8e4..6c5c454439a20ff53c817293c117eee88a4407c1 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -146,11 +146,13 @@
     - Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known)
     - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core)
 
- Report the bug to the OpenSSL project at:
+ Report the bug to the OpenSSL project via the Request Tracker
+ (http://www.openssl.org/rt2.html) by mail to:
 
     openssl-bugs@openssl.org
 
- Note that mail to openssl-bugs@openssl.org is forwarded to a public
+ Note that mail to openssl-bugs@openssl.org is recorded in the publicly
+ readable request tracker database and is forwarded to a public
  mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to openssl-security@openssl.org
  (PGP key available from the key servers).