<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Reporting Bugs - GNU Octave</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="GNU Octave"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Trouble.html#Trouble" title="Trouble"> <link rel="prev" href="Actual-Bugs.html#Actual-Bugs" title="Actual Bugs"> <link rel="next" href="Service.html#Service" title="Service"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Reporting-Bugs"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Service.html#Service">Service</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Actual-Bugs.html#Actual-Bugs">Actual Bugs</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Trouble.html#Trouble">Trouble</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="appendixsec">F.2 Reporting Bugs</h3> <p><a name="index-bugs-3419"></a><a name="index-reporting-bugs-3420"></a> Your bug reports play an essential role in making Octave reliable. <p>When you encounter a problem, the first thing to do is to see if it is already known. See <a href="Trouble.html#Trouble">Trouble</a>. If it isn't known, then you should report the problem. <p>Reporting a bug may help you by bringing a solution to your problem, or it may not. In any case, the principal function of a bug report is to help the entire community by making the next version of Octave work better. Bug reports are your contribution to the maintenance of Octave. <p>In order for a bug report to serve its purpose, you must include the information that makes it possible to fix the bug. <ul class="menu"> <li><a accesskey="1" href="Bug-Criteria.html#Bug-Criteria">Bug Criteria</a> <li><a accesskey="2" href="Bug-Tracker.html#Bug-Tracker">Bug Tracker</a>: Where to submit your bug report. <li><a accesskey="3" href="Bug-Reporting.html#Bug-Reporting">Bug Reporting</a>: How to report a bug effectively. <li><a accesskey="4" href="Sending-Patches.html#Sending-Patches">Sending Patches</a>: How to send a patch for Octave. </ul> </body></html>