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10 </style><title>Reporting bugs and getting help</title></head><body bgcolor="#8b7765" text="#000000" link="#000000" vlink="#000000"><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><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/"><img src="Libxml2-Logo-180x168.gif" alt="Made with Libxml2 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 XML C parser and toolkit of 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="intro.html">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a></li><li><a href="docs.html">Developer 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="news.html">News</a></li><li><a href="XMLinfo.html">XML</a></li><li><a href="XSLT.html">XSLT</a></li><li><a href="xmldtd.html">Validation & DTDs</a></li><li><a href="encoding.html">Encodings support</a></li><li><a href="catalog.html">Catalog support</a></li><li><a href="namespaces.html">Namespaces</a></li><li><a href="contribs.html">Contributions</a></li><li><a href="guidelines.html">XML Guidelines</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="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">Mail archive</a></li><li><a href="http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/">XSLT libxslt</a></li><li><a href="http://phd.cs.unibo.it/gdome2/">DOM gdome2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/">XML-DSig xmlsec</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.zveno.com/open_source/libxml2xslt.html">MacOsX binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas/">Pascal bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2">Bug Tracker</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>Well, bugs or missing features are always possible, and I will make a
11 point of fixing them in a timely fashion. The best way to report a bug is to
12 use the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2">Gnome
13 bug tracking database</a> (make sure to use the "libxml2" module name). I
14 look at reports there regularly and it's good to have a reminder when a bug
15 is still open. Be sure to specify that the bug is for the package libxml2.</p><p>There is also a mailing-list <a href="mailto:xml@gnome.org">xml@gnome.org</a> for libxml, with an <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">on-line archive</a> (<a href="http://xmlsoft.org/messages">old</a>). To subscribe to this list,
16 please visit the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml">associated Web</a> page and
17 follow the instructions. <strong>Do not send code, I won't debug it</strong>
18 (but patches are really appreciated!).</p><p>Check the following <strong><span style="color: #FF0000">before
19 posting</span></strong>:</p><ul><li>Read the <a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a> and <a href="search.php">use the
20 search engine</a> to get information related to your problem.</li>
21 <li>Make sure you are <a href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/">using a recent
22 version</a>, and that the problem still shows up in a recent version.</li>
23 <li>Check the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">list
24 archives</a> to see if the problem was reported already. In this case
25 there is probably a fix available, similarly check the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2">registered
27 <li>Make sure you can reproduce the bug with xmllint or one of the test
28 programs found in source in the distribution.</li>
29 <li>Please send the command showing the error as well as the input (as an
31 </ul><p>Then send the bug with associated information to reproduce it to the <a href="mailto:xml@gnome.org">xml@gnome.org</a> list; if it's really libxml
32 related I will approve it. Please do not send mail to me directly, it makes
33 things really hard to track and in some cases I am not the best person to
34 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">requests MUST be sent to
35 the list or on bugzilla</span> in case of problems, so that the Question
36 and Answers can be shared publicly. Failing to do so carries the implicit
37 message "I want free support but I don't want to share the benefits with
38 others" and is not welcome. I will automatically Carbon-Copy the
39 xml@gnome.org mailing list for any technical reply made about libxml2 or
41 <li>There is <span style="color: #E50000">no garantee of support</span>, if
42 your question remains unanswered after a week, repost it, making sure you
43 gave all the detail needed and the information requested.</li>
44 <li>Failing to provide information as requested or double checking first
45 for prior feedback also carries the implicit message "the time of the
46 library maintainers is less valuable than my time" and might not be
48 </ul><p>Of course, bugs reported with a suggested patch for fixing them will
49 probably be processed faster than those without.</p><p>If you're looking for help, a quick look at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">the list archive</a> may actually
50 provide the answer. I usually send source samples when answering libxml2
51 usage questions. The <a href="http://xmlsoft.org/html/book1.html">auto-generated documentation</a> is
52 not as polished as I would like (i need to learn more about DocBook), but
53 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>