Pier Fumagalli has set up the Apache Bug Database. Please use this database report bugs and suggest new features. To suggest a new feature, set the severity of the bug to "enhancement". In case of problems with the Apache Bug Database, please notify general@jakarta.apache.org.

We take bugs very seriously. To help us to quickly fix the bug, be sure to include as much information with your report as possible such as your platform, version numbers, error logs, configuration, etc.

We were previously using BugRat servlet by Tim Endres. We wish to thank Nick Bauman for setting up, hosting and maintaining the BugRat servlet.

If you have a patch to submit, please mail it to the appropriate developer mailing list. Use the prefix "[PATCH]" on your message subject. Please include any relevant bug numbers. Diffs should be created with the "-u" option, for instance

cvs diff -u Main.java >> myPatchfile.txt

diff -u Main.java.orig Main.java >> myPatchfile.txt

Note: You should give your patch files meaningful names. For instance if you fix a concurrency bug in the foo component do not call your patch file "patchfile.txt" but instead call it "foo-concurrency.txt". This makes it easier for developers who need to apply a number of different patches.

See the guidelines section of our site for more details.