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| 44 <tr><td><b>Development</b></td></tr> | 44 <tr><td><b>Development</b></td></tr> |
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| 58 | 58 |
| 59 <h1>Reporting Bugs in FindBugs</h1> | 59 <h1>Reporting Bugs in FindBugs</h1> |
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| 61 <p> | 61 <p> |
| 62 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 |
| 63 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 |
| 64 <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 |
| 65 credit you on our website and in the manual. | 65 credit you on our website and in the manual. |
| 66 </p> | 66 </p> |
| 67 | 67 |
| 68 <p> | 68 <p> |
| 69 Please report bugs using the | 69 Please report bugs using the |
| 70 <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 |
| 71 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 |
| 72 use the bug tracker. | 72 use the bug tracker. |
| 73 </p> | 73 </p> |
| 74 | 74 |
| 75 <p> | 75 <p> |
| 76 If you cannot use the Sourceforge tracker, you can try sending | 76 If you cannot use the Sourceforge tracker, you can try sending |
| 77 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" |
| 78 >findbugs-discuss mailing list</a>. You must be subscribed | 78 >findbugs-discuss mailing list</a>. You must be subscribed |
| 79 to the list to post a message. | 79 to the list to post a message. |
| 80 </p> | 80 </p> |
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| 82 <p> | 82 <p> |
| 83 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>. |
| 84 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 |
| 85 posts to the tracker or mailing list. | 85 posts to the tracker or mailing list. |
| 86 </p> | 86 </p> |
| 87 » | 87 |
| 88 <h2>False and Inaccurate Warnings</h2> | 88 <h2>False and Inaccurate Warnings</h2> |
| 89 » | 89 |
| 90 <p> | 90 <p> |
| 91 » Like most bug-detection tools based on static analysis, FindBugs | 91 Like most bug-detection tools based on static analysis, FindBugs |
| 92 » issues some warnings that do not correspond to real bugs. | 92 issues some warnings that do not correspond to real bugs. |
| 93 » 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 |
| 94 » small, we can never fully eliminate them. | 94 small, we can never fully eliminate them. |
| 95 </p> | 95 </p> |
| 96 | 96 |
| 97 <h2>Information to include</h2> | 97 <h2>Information to include</h2> |
| 98 | 98 |
| 99 <p> | 99 <p> |
| 100 When reporting a bug, please include the following information: | 100 When reporting a bug, please include the following information: |
| 101 </p> | 101 </p> |
| 102 <ul> | 102 <ul> |
| 103 <li>Complete list of steps to reproduce the problem</li> | 103 <li>Complete list of steps to reproduce the problem</li> |
| 104 <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, |
| 105 or self-contained Java class that demonstrates the problem</li> | 105 or self-contained Java class that demonstrates the problem</li> |
| 106 <li>FindBugs version</li> | 106 <li>FindBugs version</li> |
| 107 <li>JDK/JRE version</li> | 107 <li>JDK/JRE version</li> |
| 108 <li>Host operating system</li> | 108 <li>Host operating system</li> |
| 109 <li>Any exception traces, Eclipse error log entries, etc. that might | 109 <li>Any exception traces, Eclipse error log entries, etc. that might |
| 110 be relevant</li> | 110 be relevant</li> |
| 111 </ul> | 111 </ul> |
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