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| author | Daniel Veillard <veillard@src.gnome.org> | 2006-06-06 15:17:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Veillard <veillard@src.gnome.org> | 2006-06-06 15:17:10 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs.html b/doc/bugs.html index 0521406e..cf377b52 100644 --- a/doc/bugs.html +++ b/doc/bugs.html @@ -8,86 +8,84 @@ H2 {font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica} H3 {font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica} A:link, A:visited, A:active { text-decoration: underline } </style><title>Reporting bugs and getting help</title></head><body bgcolor="#8b7765" text="#000000" link="#a06060" vlink="#000000"><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td width="120"><a href="http://swpat.ffii.org/"><img src="epatents.png" alt="Action against software patents" /></a></td><td width="180"><a href="http://www.gnome.org/"><img src="gnome2.png" alt="Gnome2 Logo" /></a><a href="http://www.w3.org/Status"><img src="w3c.png" alt="W3C logo" /></a><a href="http://www.redhat.com"><img src="redhat.gif" alt="Red Hat Logo" /></a><div align="left"><a href="http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/"><img src="Libxslt-Logo-180x168.gif" alt="Made with Libxslt Logo" /></a></div></td><td><table border="0" width="90%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#fffacd"><tr><td align="center"><h1>The XSLT C library for Gnome</h1><h2>Reporting bugs and getting help</h2></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td bgcolor="#8b7765"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top" width="200" bgcolor="#8b7765"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"><tr><td colspan="1" bgcolor="#eecfa1" align="center"><center><b>Main Menu</b></center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><form action="search.php" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="get"><input name="query" type="text" size="20" value="" /><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Search ..." /></form><ul><li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li><li><a href="http://xmlsoft.org/wiki">Wiki</a></li><li><a href="intro.html">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="docs.html">Documentation</a></li><li><a href="bugs.html">Reporting bugs and getting help</a></li><li><a href="help.html">How to help</a></li><li><a href="downloads.html">Downloads</a></li><li><a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a></li><li><a href="news.html">News</a></li><li><a href="xsltproc2.html">The xsltproc tool</a></li><li><a href="docbook.html">DocBook</a></li><li><a href="API.html">The programming API</a></li><li><a href="python.html">Python and bindings</a></li><li><a href="internals.html">Library internals</a></li><li><a href="extensions.html">Writing extensions</a></li><li><a href="contribs.html">Contributions</a></li><li><a href="EXSLT/index.html" style="font-weight:bold">libexslt</a></li><li><a href="xslt.html">flat page</a>, <a href="site.xsl">stylesheet</a></li><li><a href="html/index.html" style="font-weight:bold">API Menu</a></li><li><a href="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog</a></li></ul></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"><tr><td colspan="1" bgcolor="#eecfa1" align="center"><center><b>Related links</b></center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><ul><li><a href="tutorial/libxslttutorial.html">Tutorial</a>, - <a href="tutorial2/libxslt_pipes.html">Tutorial2</a></li><li><a href="xsltproc.html">Man page for xsltproc</a></li><li><a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">Mail archive</a></li><li><a href="http://xmlsoft.org/">XML libxml2</a></li><li><a href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/">FTP</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zlatkovic.com/projects/libxml/">Windows binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://garypennington.net/libxml2/">Solaris binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://www.explain.com.au/oss/libxml2xslt.html">MacOsX binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxslt">Bug Tracker</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zend.com/php5/articles/php5-xmlphp.php#Heading17">XSLT with PHP</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mod-xslt2.com/">Apache module</a></li><li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas/">Pascal bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://xsldbg.sourceforge.net/">Xsldbg Debugger</a></li></ul></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"><tr><td colspan="1" bgcolor="#eecfa1" align="center"><center><b>API Indexes</b></center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><ul><li><a href="APIchunk0.html">Alphabetic</a></li><li><a href="APIconstructors.html">Constructors</a></li><li><a href="APIfunctions.html">Functions/Types</a></li><li><a href="APIfiles.html">Modules</a></li><li><a href="APIsymbols.html">Symbols</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" bgcolor="#8b7765"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><p>If you need help with the XSLT language itself, here are a number of -useful resources:</p><ul><li>I strongly suggest to subscribe to <a href="http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list">XSL-list</a>, check <a href="http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/">the XSL-list - archives</a></li> + <a href="tutorial2/libxslt_pipes.html">Tutorial2</a></li><li><a href="xsltproc.html">Man page for xsltproc</a></li><li><a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">Mail archive</a></li><li><a href="http://xmlsoft.org/">XML libxml2</a></li><li><a href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/">FTP</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zlatkovic.com/projects/libxml/">Windows binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://garypennington.net/libxml2/">Solaris binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://www.explain.com.au/oss/libxml2xslt.html">MacOsX binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxslt">Bug Tracker</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zend.com/php5/articles/php5-xmlphp.php#Heading17">XSLT with PHP</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mod-xslt2.com/">Apache module</a></li><li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas/">Pascal bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://xsldbg.sourceforge.net/">Xsldbg Debugger</a></li></ul></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"><tr><td colspan="1" bgcolor="#eecfa1" align="center"><center><b>API Indexes</b></center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><ul><li><a href="APIchunk0.html">Alphabetic</a></li><li><a href="APIconstructors.html">Constructors</a></li><li><a href="APIfunctions.html">Functions/Types</a></li><li><a href="APIfiles.html">Modules</a></li><li><a href="APIsymbols.html">Symbols</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" bgcolor="#8b7765"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><p>If you need help with the XSLT language itself, here are a number ofuseful +resources:</p><ul><li>I strongly suggest to subscribe to <a href="http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list">XSL-list</a>, check <a href="http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/">the + XSL-listarchives</a></li> <li>The <a href="http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/xslfaq.html">XSL FAQ</a>.</li> - <li>The <a href="http://www.nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/xsl/xsl/slides.html">tutorial</a> - written by Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh is a very good on-line - introdution to the language.</li> - <li>The <a href="http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Books/Book1/index.html">only - Zvon XSLT tutorial</a> details a lot of constructs with examples.</li> - <li><a href="http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/index.html">Jeni Tennison's - XSLT</a> pages provide links to a lot of answers</li> - <li>the <a href="http://incrementaldevelopment.com/xsltrick/">Gallery of - XSLT Tricks</a> provides non-standard use case of XSLT</li> - <li>And I suggest to buy Michael Kay "XSLT Programmer's Reference" book - published by <a href="http://www.wrox.com/">Wrox</a> if you plan to work - seriously with XSLT in the future.</li> -</ul><p>Well, bugs or missing features are always possible, and I will make a -point of fixing them in a timely fashion. The best way to report a bug is to -use the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libxslt">Gnome bug -tracking database</a> (make sure to use the "libxslt" module name). Before -filing a bug, check the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxslt">list of existing -libxslt bugs</a> to make sure it hasn't already been filed. I look at reports -there regularly and it's good to have a reminder when a bug is still open. Be -sure to specify that the bug is for the package libxslt.</p><p>For small problems you can try to get help on IRC, the #xml channel on -irc.gnome.org (port 6667) usually have a few person subscribed which may help -(but there is no garantee and if a real issue is raised it should go on the -mailing-list for archival).</p><p>There is also a mailing-list <a href="mailto:xslt@gnome.org">xslt@gnome.org</a> for libxslt, with an <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">on-line archive</a>. To subscribe -to this list, please visit the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xslt">associated Web</a> page -and follow the instructions.</p><p>Alternatively, you can just send the bug to the <a href="mailto:xslt@gnome.org">xslt@gnome.org</a> list, if it's really libxslt -related I will approve it.. Please do not send me mail directly especially -for portability problem, it makes things really harder to track and in some -cases I'm not the best person to answer a given question, ask the list -instead. <strong>Do not send code, I won't debug it</strong> (but patches are -really appreciated!).</p><p>Please note that with the current amount of virus and SPAM, sending mail -to the list without being subscribed won't work. There is *far too many -bounces* (in the order of a thousand a day !) I cannot approve them manually -anymore. If your mail to the list bounced waiting for administrator approval, -it is LOST ! Repost it and fix the problem triggering the error. Also please -note that <span style="color: #FF0000; background-color: #FFFFFF">emails with -a legal warning asking to not copy or redistribute freely the informations -they contain</span> are <strong>NOT</strong> acceptable for the mailing-list, -such mail will as much as possible be discarded automatically, and are less -likely to be answered if they made it to the list, <strong>DO NOT</strong> -post to the list from an email address where such legal requirements are -automatically added, get private paying support if you can't share -informations.</p><p>Check the following too <span style="color: #E50000">before -posting</span>:</p><ul><li><a href="search.php">use the search engine</a> to get informations - related to your problem.</li> - <li>make sure you are <a href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxslt/">using a recent - version</a>, and that the problem still shows up in those</li> - <li>check the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">list - archives</a> to see if the problem was reported already, in this case - there is probably a fix available, similarly check the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxslt">registered - open bugs</a></li> - <li>make sure you can reproduce the bug with xsltproc, a very useful thing - to do is run the transformation with -v argument and redirect the - standard error to a file, then search in this file for the transformation - logs just preceding the possible problem</li> - <li>Please send the command showing the error as well as the input and - stylesheet (as an attachment)</li> -</ul><p>Then send the bug with associated informations to reproduce it to the <a href="mailto:xslt@gnome.org">xslt@gnome.org</a> list; if it's really libxslt -related I will approve it. Please do not send mail to me directly, it makes -things really hard to track and in some cases I am not the best person to -answer a given question, ask on the list.</p><p>To <span style="color: #E50000">be really clear about support</span>:</p><ul><li>Support or help <span style="color: #E50000">request MUST be sent to - the list or on bugzilla</span> in case of problems, so that the Question - and Answers can be shared publicly. Failing to do so carries the implicit - message "I want free support but I don't want to share the benefits with - others" and is not welcome. I will automatically Carbon-Copy the - xslt@gnome.org mailing list for any technical reply made about libxml2 or - libxslt.</li> - <li>There is <span style="color: #E50000">no garantee for support</span>, - if your question remains unanswered after a week, repost it, making sure - you gave all the detail needed and the informations requested.</li> - <li>Failing to provide informations as requested or double checking first - for prior feedback also carries the implicit message "the time of the - library maintainers is less valuable than my time" and might not be - welcome.</li> -</ul><p>Of course, bugs reports with a suggested patch for fixing them will -probably be processed faster.</p><p>If you're looking for help, a quick look at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">the list archive</a> may actually -provide the answer, I usually send source samples when answering libxslt -usage questions. The <a href="html/libxslt-lib.html#LIBXSLT-LIB">auto-generated documentation</a> is -not as polished as I would like (I need to learn more about Docbook), but -it's a good starting point.</p><p><a href="bugs.html">Daniel Veillard</a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></body></html> + <li>The <a href="http://www.nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/xsl/xsl/slides.html">tutorial</a>written + by Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh is a very good on-lineintrodution to the + language.</li> + <li>The <a href="http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Books/Book1/index.html">onlyZvon + XSLT tutorial</a>details a lot of constructs with examples.</li> + <li><a href="http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/index.html">Jeni + Tennison'sXSLT</a>pages provide links to a lot of answers</li> + <li>the <a href="http://incrementaldevelopment.com/xsltrick/">Gallery + ofXSLT Tricks</a>provides non-standard use case of XSLT</li> + <li>And I suggest to buy Michael Kay "XSLT Programmer's Reference" + bookpublished by <a href="http://www.wrox.com/">Wrox</a>if you plan to + workseriously with XSLT in the future.</li> +</ul><p>Well, bugs or missing features are always possible, and I will make apoint +of fixing them in a timely fashion. The best way to report a bug is touse the +<a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libxslt">Gnome +bugtracking database</a>(make sure to use the "libxslt" module name). +Beforefiling a bug, check the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxslt">list of +existinglibxslt bugs</a>to make sure it hasn't already been filed. I look at +reportsthere regularly and it's good to have a reminder when a bug is still +open. Besure to specify that the bug is for the package libxslt.</p><p>For small problems you can try to get help on IRC, the #xml channel +onirc.gnome.org (port 6667) usually have a few person subscribed which may +help(but there is no garantee and if a real issue is raised it should go on +themailing-list for archival).</p><p>There is also a mailing-list <a href="mailto:xslt@gnome.org">xslt@gnome.org</a>for libxslt, with an <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">on-line archive</a>. To +subscribeto this list, please visit the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xslt">associated Web</a>pageand +follow the instructions.</p><p>Alternatively, you can just send the bug to the <a href="mailto:xslt@gnome.org">xslt@gnome.org</a>list, if it's really +libxsltrelated I will approve it.. Please do not send me mail directly +especiallyfor portability problem, it makes things really harder to track and +in somecases I'm not the best person to answer a given question, ask the +listinstead. <strong>Do not send code, I won't debug it</strong>(but patches +arereally appreciated!).</p><p>Please note that with the current amount of virus and SPAM, sending mailto +the list without being subscribed won't work. There is *far too manybounces* +(in the order of a thousand a day !) I cannot approve them manuallyanymore. +If your mail to the list bounced waiting for administrator approval,it is +LOST ! Repost it and fix the problem triggering the error. Also pleasenote +that <span style="color: #FF0000; background-color: #FFFFFF">emails witha +legal warning asking to not copy or redistribute freely the informationsthey +contain</span>are <strong>NOT</strong>acceptable for the mailing-list,such +mail will as much as possible be discarded automatically, and are lesslikely +to be answered if they made it to the list, <strong>DO NOT</strong>post to +the list from an email address where such legal requirements areautomatically +added, get private paying support if you can't shareinformations.</p><p>Check the following too <span style="color: #E50000">beforeposting</span>:</p><ul><li><a href="search.php">use the search engine</a>to get + informationsrelated to your problem.</li> + <li>make sure you are <a href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxslt/">using a + recentversion</a>, and that the problem still shows up in those</li> + <li>check the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">listarchives</a>to see if the + problem was reported already, in this casethere is probably a fix + available, similarly check the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxslt">registeredopen + bugs</a></li> + <li>make sure you can reproduce the bug with xsltproc, a very useful + thingto do is run the transformation with -v argument and redirect + thestandard error to a file, then search in this file for the + transformationlogs just preceding the possible problem</li> + <li>Please send the command showing the error as well as the input + andstylesheet (as an attachment)</li> +</ul><p>Then send the bug with associated informations to reproduce it to the <a href="mailto:xslt@gnome.org">xslt@gnome.org</a>list; if it's really +libxsltrelated I will approve it. Please do not send mail to me directly, it +makesthings really hard to track and in some cases I am not the best person +toanswer a given question, ask on the list.</p><p>To <span style="color: #E50000">be really clear about support</span>:</p><ul><li>Support or help <span style="color: #E50000">request MUST be sent tothe + list or on bugzilla</span>in case of problems, so that the Questionand + Answers can be shared publicly. Failing to do so carries the + implicitmessage "I want free support but I don't want to share the + benefits withothers" and is not welcome. I will automatically Carbon-Copy + thexslt@gnome.org mailing list for any technical reply made about libxml2 + orlibxslt.</li> + <li>There is <span style="color: #E50000">no garantee for support</span>,if + your question remains unanswered after a week, repost it, making sureyou + gave all the detail needed and the informations requested.</li> + <li>Failing to provide informations as requested or double checking + firstfor prior feedback also carries the implicit message "the time of + thelibrary maintainers is less valuable than my time" and might not + bewelcome.</li> +</ul><p>Of course, bugs reports with a suggested patch for fixing them +willprobably be processed faster.</p><p>If you're looking for help, a quick look at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/">the list archive</a>may +actuallyprovide the answer, I usually send source samples when answering +libxsltusage questions. The <a href="html/libxslt-lib.html#LIBXSLT-LIB">auto-generated +documentation</a>isnot as polished as I would like (I need to learn more +about Docbook), butit's a good starting point.</p><p><a href="bugs.html">Daniel Veillard</a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></body></html> |