There are two types of bugs in OpenVerse. The first type is one where you get a visible popup window which says an error occured and gives you a "Stack Trace" button option among others. These are the best types of bugs because the stack trace gives us information on where to look for the bug.

The second type of bug is one which does not produce an error popup But instead causes the OpenVerse program to behave strangely (more than usual that is) and/or fails to produce a desired action. These types of bugs are harder to find because there is no code output box. If you find this type of bug, try to duplicate it! if you can duplicate it, we can fix it!

When you have found a bug, You should send a message to the mailing list openverse@openverse.org. You do not need to be subscribed to this list to send messages to it! A moderator will look over all submissions and forward on ones which are pertinant to the list.

Your message should have the word BUG at least once preferably many times in the SUBJECT of the message :)

YOU SHOULD NOT REPORT BUGS IN THE CHAT ROOMS. DEVELOPERS WILL LIKELY NOT REMEMBER THE DETAILS. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE THE MAILING LIST.

If you found a bug which allows for a stack trace, please cut and paste this information into your bug report. For Linux users, just copy with your mouse and paste into an email.. for Windows users, copy with your mouse then hit ctrl+c to copy it to the clipboard... ctrl+v will allow you to paste it into your email application (or by using normal edit/paste)

By reporting bugs in this way, The OpenVerse team will be able to track them better from the mailing list archives.