Hi - I would concur with this. BioJava is volunteer based and requires people to volunteer before things happen.
In my experience bug reports get resolved most rapidly if the person reporting the bug can do as much of their own investigation as possible. Have a good look at the stack trace and try using a debugger. You can rapidly narrow down the underlying cause. Even if you are not confident about the best way to fix the problem, armed with all the relevant information someone more experienced will be able to tell you if you are on the right track. Unit tests are also good here. For one thing they will set-up a situation to replicate your bug. They will also provide a way to make sure the bug doesn't happen again in future releases. Finally, the more unit tests there are the more confident you can be that your proposed bug fix won't break anything else. Helping fix stuff in BioJava will definitely improve you're programming skills and greatly increase your knowledge of how the API works so by helping others you are probably helping yourself more. - Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/27/2008 12:04:56 AM: > Hi all, > > There's been a few new bugs reported on BugZilla recently. Whilst the > development of the new BJ features is fun, it's really important to > maintain the existing code and keep on top of the issues reported. > > If there's anyone with a few minutes spare, or would like to learn > BioJava and don't know where to start - then zapping a few virtual > creepy crawlies is an excellent way to get involved and make a contribution. > > Here's the list of the currently outstanding problems: > > http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/buglist.cgi? > product=BioJava&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED > > If you see one you think you can fix, or might like to try to > investigate, go for it! All you have to do is assign the bug to yourself > in order to take ownership of it so that people don't end up working on > the same thing without knowing. > > cheers, > Richard > > -- > Richard Holland, BSc MBCS > Finance Director, Eagle Genomics Ltd > M: +44 7500 438846 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.eaglegenomics.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Biojava-l mailing list - [email protected] > http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l _________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the material from any computer. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l
