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+Thank you for taking the time to submit an issue!
+
+## Background information
+
+### What version of Open MPI are you using? (e.g., v1.10.3, v2.1.0, git branch name and hash, etc.)
+
+
+
+### Describe how Open MPI was installed (e.g., from a source/distribution tarball, from a git clone, from an operating system distribution package, etc.)
+
+
+
+### Please describe the system on which you are running
+
+* Operating system/version: 
+* Computer hardware: 
+* Network type: 
+
+-----------------------------
+
+## Details of the problem
+
+### Describe in one or two sentences the issue you are experiencing
+
+
+
+### Describe in detail the expected behavior
+
+**Note**: If you have shell output (or a code block) please use the [Markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/) code block like below:
+```shell
+shell$ mpirun -np 2 ./hello_world
+```
+
+
+
+### Describe in detail the actual behavior that you are seeing
+
+
+
+### Steps to reproduce the problem
+
+1. 
+2. 
+3. 
+
+### Any other information that would be helpful to the developers (including attaching a source code reproducer)
+