Reporting Bugs in Grok

Grok aims to become a mature framework and tries to earn reputation for stability. In order to maintain this reputation, the developers would like to know of any deficiencies you find in Grok.

If you find errors in the documentation, you can correct it yourself on the Grok website http://grok.zope.org/ . You only need to register with the website for that, which is necessary to block spammers. On some pages you then can use the “Add a comment” feature of the relevant page.

All other bug reports should be submitted via the Grok Bug Tracker (https://bugs.launchpad.net/grok/). The bug tracker offers a Web form which allows pertinent information to be entered and submitted to the developers.

The first step in filing a report is to determine whether the problem has already been reported. The advantage in doing so, aside from saving the developers time, is that you learn what has been done to fix it; it may be that the problem has already been fixed for the next release, or additional information is needed (in which case you are welcome to provide it if you can!). To do this, search the bug database using the search box on the top of the page or by clicking on “List all open bugs”.

If the problem you’re reporting is not already in the bug tracker, go back to the Grok Bug Tracker and click the red “Report a bug” box on the right. If you don’t already have a launchpad account, you will be asked to complete the registration by giving an e-mail address and following the steps mailed to you. Complete the registration process. Otherwise, if you’re not logged in, enter your credentials and select “Log In”. It is not possible to submit a bug report anonymously.

Being now logged in, you can submit a bug. You will be asked a number of questions.

For the “Summary” field, enter a very short description of the problem; less than ten words is good. In the “Further Information” field, describe your problem as accurate as possible. A good description will enables the developers to reproduce your problem. Name also the version of grok/grokproject you used.

Each bug report will be assigned to a developer who will determine what needs to be done to correct the problem. You will receive an update each time action is taken on the bug.

See also

How to Report Bugs Effectively Article which goes into some detail about how to create a useful bug report. This describes what kind of information is useful and why it is useful.

Bug Writing Guidelines Information about writing a good bug report. Some of this is specific to the Mozilla project, but describes general good practices.