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Updated to 0.8
author Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
date Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:25:05 +0000
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Making and sending bugreports
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Consider the following things before writing a bug-report.

1. Type of the bug
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- Sound-distortion?

  This may not be directly XMMS-SID bug, but more like SIDPlay bug.
  Check the SID-tune with SIDPlay commandline player. If the problem
  shows up there, you should check that the tune itself is not
  corrupted (or it may even be that it _should_ sound like that).

  The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) and SID Tune Information List
  (STIL) homepages contain tips and guidelines for SID-tune rippers +
  information on bugged tunes.

  If the tune that sounds bad is available on HVSC, compare it with
  the one available from latest version of HVSC. Read the HVSC buglists
  and other informations (the STIL database contains info about bugged
  tunes)

  Ultimately you should check the tune on a REAL C64, but since many of
  the younger computer users don't even have the real thing, this may
  be impossible. (If the tune works on REAL C64, i.e. NOT EMULATOR!!!!
  it may be a bug in SIDPlay)


- Segfault?

  Again, check the tune on commandline SIDPlay. If it also segfaults,
  report the bug to SIDPlay author.

  If it does NOT segfault with commandline SIDPlay, report it to me (ccr).
  See README for contacting information.


- New feature?

  Send the suggestions, shit, hatemail, patches, your valuables and
  credit card numbers to ccr/TNSP, contacting information available
  on README. ;-)



2. Example-layout for bug-reports
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Here is an example layout for your bug-report. Feel free to
use your own, or put in additional information.
(Send it via e-mail, using subject: "XMMS-SID BUG")


Operating system   :		(uname -a)
Version/release    :
Vendor             :


XMMS-SID version   :		(XMMS plugin preferences panel)

libsidplay version :		(sidplay -h)

XMMS version       :		(xmms --version)

Are you using songpos-patch?


Description of the bug?
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How to reproduce the bug?
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Other information
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[If the bug is/causes a segfault, include a gdb backtrace if possible.]