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CinePaint Bugs

All non-trivial software has bugs. Accurate bug reports from users help us find and remove defects from CinePaint. Don't just talk about an issue on the mailing list and leave it at that. File a bug report so it gets in our tracking system.

Why can't I see the {Submit New} option in the Bugs tracker?

Because you are not logged in. You can't post a bug report anonymously. If you don't already have one, you need to create a user name on SourceForge. Users must log in to SourceForge before reporting bugs. Otherwise, we couldn't track who to follow-up with if we have questions about a bug report. You don't need to be logged in to see the list of known bugs already posted. Don't forget to check that what you think is a bug isn't already in the "Closed" section of the bug tracker.

When you add a bug report to the tracker your report is automatically cc-ed to the CinePaint-developers mailing list. If you aren't quite sure if something is a bug please discuss it on the list first. To submit a bug report to our Bugs tracker from our home page, pick {SourceForge} {Bugs} {Submit New}.

If you create a fix for a bug please send that to Patches.

If you want to make a feature request that goes to Feature Requests. But first, please discuss your feature idea on the mailing list. It may be that it has already been discussed and resolved in another way. Or, it could be that feedback from others would improve your suggestion.

There are three trackers.

We have an emphasis on quality beyond what many programs concern themselves with because CinePaint is used in commercial motion picture production. Unlike many open source projects, we have no stable/unstable dichotomy of versions. We deliberately focus on just one version at a time. We want to make each release better and more stable than the last. That's not easy with programmers spread all over the world and at various skill levels from student to pro.

What known bugs does Film Gimp have now and how do you report a bug you discover so it gets fixed?