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57 <h1>Reporting Bugs in FindBugs</h1> | 59 <h1>Reporting Bugs in FindBugs</h1> |
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59 <p> | 61 <p> |
60 First of all, if you find a bug in FindBugs, and have the | 62 First of all, if you find a bug in FindBugs, and have the |
61 skills to fix it, we encourage you to unleash the power of open source and | 63 skills to fix it, we encourage you to unleash the power of open source and |
62 <a href="contributing.html">send us a patch</a>. We will gladly | 64 <a href="contributing.html">send us a patch</a>. We will gladly |
63 credit you on our website and in the manual. | 65 credit you on our website and in the manual. |
64 </p> | 66 </p> |
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66 <p> | 68 <p> |
67 Please report bugs using the | 69 Please report bugs using the |
68 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=614693&group_id=96405&func=browse"
>Sourceforge | 70 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/findbugs/_list/tickets?source=navbar">Sourcefo
rge |
69 bugs tracker</a>. Note that you need to be logged in to sourceforge to | 71 bugs tracker</a>. Note that you need to be logged in to sourceforge to |
70 use the bug tracker. | 72 use the bug tracker. |
71 </p> | 73 </p> |
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73 <p> | 75 <p> |
74 If you cannot use the Sourceforge tracker, you can try sending | 76 If you cannot use the Sourceforge tracker, you can try sending |
75 email to the <a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/mailman/listinfo/findbugs-discuss" | 77 email to the <a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/mailman/listinfo/findbugs-discuss" |
76 >findbugs-discuss mailing list</a>. You must be subscribed | 78 >findbugs-discuss mailing list</a>. You must be subscribed |
77 to the list to post a message. | 79 to the list to post a message. |
78 </p> | 80 </p> |
79 | 81 |
80 <p> | 82 <p> |
81 Finally, as a last resort, you can email <a href="mailto:findbugs@cs.umd.edu">fi
ndbugs@cs.umd.edu</a>. | 83 Finally, as a last resort, you can email <a href="mailto:findbugs@cs.umd.edu">fi
ndbugs@cs.umd.edu</a>. |
82 However, such emails are much less likely to be handled in a timely manner than | 84 However, such emails are much less likely to be handled in a timely manner than |
83 posts to the tracker or mailing list. | 85 posts to the tracker or mailing list. |
84 </p> | 86 </p> |
85 » | 87 |
86 <h2>False and Inaccurate Warnings</h2> | 88 <h2>False and Inaccurate Warnings</h2> |
87 » | 89 |
88 <p> | 90 <p> |
89 » Like most bug-detection tools based on static analysis, FindBugs | 91 Like most bug-detection tools based on static analysis, FindBugs |
90 » issues some warnings that do not correspond to real bugs. | 92 issues some warnings that do not correspond to real bugs. |
91 » While in general we would like to make the percentage of such warnings | 93 While in general we would like to make the percentage of such warnings |
92 » small, we can never fully eliminate them. | 94 small, we can never fully eliminate them. |
93 </p> | 95 </p> |
94 | 96 |
95 <h2>Information to include</h2> | 97 <h2>Information to include</h2> |
96 | 98 |
97 <p> | 99 <p> |
98 When reporting a bug, please include the following information: | 100 When reporting a bug, please include the following information: |
99 </p> | 101 </p> |
100 <ul> | 102 <ul> |
101 <li>Complete list of steps to reproduce the problem</li> | 103 <li>Complete list of steps to reproduce the problem</li> |
102 <li>If the error occurs during analysis, a jar file, class file, | 104 <li>If the error occurs during analysis, a jar file, class file, |
103 or self-contained Java class that demonstrates the problem</li> | 105 or self-contained Java class that demonstrates the problem</li> |
104 <li>FindBugs version</li> | 106 <li>FindBugs version</li> |
105 <li>JDK/JRE version</li> | 107 <li>JDK/JRE version</li> |
106 <li>Host operating system</li> | 108 <li>Host operating system</li> |
107 <li>Any exception traces, Eclipse error log entries, etc. that might | 109 <li>Any exception traces, Eclipse error log entries, etc. that might |
108 be relevant</li> | 110 be relevant</li> |
109 </ul> | 111 </ul> |
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118 <p> Send comments to <a class="sidebar" href="mailto:findbugs@cs.umd.edu">findbu
gs@cs.umd.edu</a> | 120 <p> Send comments to <a class="sidebar" href="mailto:findbugs@cs.umd.edu">findbu
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