3. Getting Help and Submitting Feedback

The Open Object Rexx Project has a number of methods to obtain help and submit feedback for ooRexx and the extension packages that are part of ooRexx. These methods, in no particular order of preference, are listed below.

3.1. The Open Object Rexx SourceForge Site

The Open Object Rexx Project utilizes SourceForge to house the ooRexx Project source repositories, mailing lists and other project features. Over time it has become apparent that the Developer and User mailing lists are better tools for carrying on discussions concerning ooRexx and that the Forums provided by SourceForge are cumbersome to use. The ooRexx user is most likely to get timely replies from one of the mailing lists.

Here is a list of some of the most useful facilities provided by SourceForge.

The Developer Mailing List: You can subscribe to the oorexx-devel mailing list at ooRexx Mailing List Subscriptions page. This list is for discussing ooRexx project development activities and future interpreter enhancements. It also supports a historical archive of past messages.
The Users Mailing List: You can subscribe to the oorexx-users mailing list at ooRexx Mailing List Subscriptions page. This list is for discussing using ooRexx. It also supports a historical archive of past messages.
The Announcements Mailing List: You can subscribe to the oorexx-announce mailing list at ooRexx Mailing List Subscriptions page. This list is only used to announce significant ooRexx project events.
The Bug Mailing List: You can subscribe to the oorexx-bugs mailing list at ooRexx Mailing List Subscriptions page. This list is only used for monitoring changes to the ooRexx bug tracking system.
Bug Reports: You can create a bug report at ooRexx Bug Report page. Please try to provide as much information in the bug report as possible so that the developers can determine the problem as quickly as possible. Sample programs that can reproduce your problem will make it easier to debug reported problems.
Documentation Feedback: You can submit feedback for, or report errors in, the documentation at ooRexx Documentation Report page. Please try to provide as much information in a documentation report as possible. In addition to listing the document and section the report concerns, direct quotes of the text will help the developers locate the text in the source code for the document. (Section numbers are generated when the document is produced and are not available in the source code itself.) Suggestions as to how to reword or fix the existing text should also be included.
Request For Enhancement: You can suggest ooRexx features at the ooRexx Feature Requests page.
Patch Reports: If you create an enhancement patch for ooRexx please post the patch using the ooRexx Patch Report page. Please provide as much information in the patch report as possible so that the developers can evaluate the enhancement as quickly as possible.
Please do not post bug fix patches here, instead you should open a bug report and attach the patch to it.
The ooRexx Forums: The ooRexx project maintains a set of forums that anyone may contribute to or monitor. They are located on the ooRexx Forums page. There are currently three forums available: Help, Developers and Open Discussion. In addition, you can monitor the forums via email.