How to Report a Bug


Clearly, there might be bugs lurking in µCode. If you think you found a bug, you should report it using the bug tracking system provided by SourceForge. This is the preferred way of submitting a bug report. In order to be able to do so, however, you must be a registered user of SourceForge. Registration is free, and will grant you access to a wealth of information about other open source projects, as well as enable you to have your own projects hosted on SourceForge. 
Nevertheless if, for some reason, you cannot or do not want to submit a bug this way, just write an e-mail to me. 

In any case, the following information should be included in your bug report:

  1. a trace of the execution, obtained by running µCode with the debug option enabled;
  2. all the source code I might need in order to reproduce the bug; (Please try to isolate the point where the error happens and thus reduce as much as possible the source code I have to deal with. The smallest is the source the more likely it is that I will understand it and be able to get a clue about what is going on). 
  3. information about the platform you are using:
    1. µCode version in use (e.g., 1.0);
    2. Java language version (e.g., 1.2.2)
    3. Java interpreter used (e.g., HotSpot) 
    4. operating system (e.g., Linux RedHat v.6.3)
    5. hardware (e.g., Pentium 366Mhz)

Similarly, you might find that some features you desire are missing, or are not implemented to suit your needs. In this case, just send me e-mail with your comments and suggestions, or make other users aware of your needs through the mucode-users mailing list.


© 2000, Gian Pietro Picco - Last modification: 06/10/00