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+**Note: for support questions, please use one of these channels:** https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#question. This repository's issues are reserved for feature requests and bug reports.
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+* **I'm submitting a ... **
+[ ] bug report
+[ ] feature request
+[ ] support request => Please do not submit support request here, see note at the top of this template.
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+* **Do you want to request a *feature* or report a *bug*?**
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+* **What is the current behavior?**
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+* **If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem** via
+https://plnkr.co or similar (you can use this template as a starting point: http://plnkr.co/edit/tpl:AvJOMERrnz94ekVua0u5).
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+* **What is the expected behavior?**
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+* **What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?**
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+* **Please tell us about your environment:**
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+- Angular version: 2.0.0-beta.X
+- Browser: [all | Chrome XX | Firefox XX | IE XX | Safari XX | Mobile Chrome XX | Android X.X Web Browser | iOS XX Safari | iOS XX UIWebView | iOS XX WKWebView ]
+- Language: [all | TypeScript X.X | ES6/7 | ES5 | Dart]
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+* **Other information** (e.g. detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. stackoverflow, gitter, etc)
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+* **Please check if the PR fulfills these requirements**
+- [ ] The commit message follows our guidelines: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-message-format
+- [ ] Tests for the changes have been added (for bug fixes / features)
+- [ ] Docs have been added / updated (for bug fixes / features)
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+* **What kind of change does this PR introduce?** (Bug fix, feature, docs update, ...)
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+* **What is the current behavior?** (You can also link to an open issue here)
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+* **What is the new behavior (if this is a feature change)?**
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+* **Does this PR introduce a breaking change?** (What changes might users need to make in their application due to this PR?)
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+* **Other information**:
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