[comp.windows.news] Reporting bugs in NeWS and other software products from Sun

hvr%kimba@Sun.COM (Heather Rose) (10/11/88)

Just to let you all know.  If you would like to report a bug you've
found in NeWS or any other Sun software product, you can send a description
of the problem to the ...!sun!sunbugs alias.  This allows customers without
support contracts or without warrenty contracts to report the bugs they
encounter.  This applies to documentation problems, software problems, or
even a feature you would like to see added.  In your bug reports, be sure 
to include the following to make evaluation go faster:

	what release you're running (type "cat /etc/motd" if you don't know)
	what product you're using
	what machine architecture you're using (sun3/110, sun4/260, etc...)
	a brief description of the bug
	a statement about how important that this bug is fixed.
	a workaround for the bug if you've found one
	a code segment or sequence of commands to reproduce the bug

The last point is the most important!  It's difficult to evaluate a bug
unless it can be reproduced in a sufficiently small segment of code.

Those who send to sun!sunbugs are generally not contacted after submitting 
a bug, but these things are looked at, evaluated, and appreciated.  
So, if you would like to see particular bugs fixed, it's best to submit 
a bug report.

If anyone has any particular issues they would like to discuss, just
send me email and I will attempt to address them.  Please do not send me
bug reports, send them to sun!sunbugs.  

Thanks,

Heather Rose
Tech. Support Engineer