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Author :<BR>Erik de Castro Lopo
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<H1><B>Bug Reporting</B></H1>
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If you are a user and have a problem using libsamplerate with another piece
of software, you should contact the author of that other software and get
them to explore their use of this library and possibly submit a bug report.
If you are a coder and think you have found a bug in libsamplerate then
read on.
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Secret Rabbit Code is an extremely complex piece of code but I do think
that it is relatively bug free.
In addition, the source code distribution includes a comprehensive test
suite for regression testing.
This means it is extremely unlikely that new bugs creep in when
modifications are made to the code.
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SRC is also not the most simple library to use which means that I do get
a number of bug reports which turn out to be bugs in the user's program
rather than bugs in SRC.
Up until now, I have investigated each bug report as thoroughly as
possible.
Unfortunately, this chews up a lot of my time which could otherwise be
spent improving SRC, working on other Free Software or spending time
with my family.
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I have therefore decided, that I cannot investigate any bug report unless
the person reporting the problem can supply me with a short self contained
test program or a modification to one of the existing test programs in
the tests/ directory of the source code distribution.
The test program should meet the following criteria:
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<LI>Written in C or C++.
<LI>Does not use any libraries or header files other than the ones which are
standard for the relevant languages. (Of course libsamplerate can be
used :-)).
<LI>It is the minimal program which can adequately display the problem.
<LI>It clearly displays the criteria for pass or fail.
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Supplying a good test program will maximize the speed with which your bug
report gets dealt with.
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