The procedure for reporting bugs, requesting features, and submitting pathces is outlined in the manual.
C-h rmBugsreturn
Or read online:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Bugs.html
In a nutshell:
- use
report-emacs-bugfor bug reporting and feature requests - ask the dev mailing list if you think your request requires more discussion
- check the existing bugs and search the mailing list to see if the topic has already been discussed and concluded upon
- read the manual for how to send patches
- subscribe to emacs-devel or even bug-gnu-emacs if you want to be more involved or informed about what is happening in emacs development.
Here is the entire text from the BUGS file in the sourceAlso read etc/CONTRIBUTE and BUGS
If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please read the
Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on
(1) how to tell when to report a bug, and
(2) how to write a useful bug report and what information it needs to have.
You can read the Bugs section of the manual from inside Emacs.
Start Emacs, and press
C-h r (to view the Emacs manual)
m Bugs RET (to go to the section on Bugs)
Or you can use the standalone Info program:
info emacs
m Bugs RET
(Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, not part of the
Emacs distribution.)
Printed copies of the Emacs manual can be purchased from the Free
Software Foundation's online store at <http://shop.fsf.org/>.
If necessary, you can read the manual without an info program:
cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs.*, Node: Bugs,"
Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to
make sure it isn't a known issue.