[Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Bug reporting, and CPAN forums

[David R. <dr...@at...>]

Just as a reminder: when reporting a problem with =
Net::SFTP/Net::SSH::Perl, please report your Perl and =
Net::SFTP/Net::SSH::Perl version(s) and if possible include a minimal =
piece of code that duplicates the problem, as well as any =
differentiating circumstances (e.g. "it works on Linux and Solaris, but =
not BSD").

The maintainers use rt.cpan.org for bug tracking; that's the best place =
to report a bug (and post a tracking # to the list if you like).  You =
can also check if a similar bug has already been reported.

Before reporting a bug, please upgrade the modules and their =
dependencies to the latest versions and see if that fixes it; I =
understand that isn't always possible; on the other hand, none of us =
want to be investigating problems that have already been fixed (for =
example, someone recently found that version 2.01 of one of the Digest =
modules produced an error, but that 2.10 worked fine [so I'm going to =
change the version requirement in Makefile.PL]).  Also, sometimes it =
helps if you enable debug mode and include/attach a debug dump (or the =
relevant sections thereof).

If you provide a patch, that's even better (but still report in detail =
what it fixes).

Gabor Szabo (excluse lack of accents) has recently set up something =
called CPAN forum, for discussing any and all perl modules =
(http://www.cpanforum.com).  It looks pretty decent; it may even be =
worth using it in place of this mailing list.  Opinions?

Thanks,

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Dave (co-maintainer)
Isa. 40:31