Submitting a defect to the OpenJDK bug systems

This recipe will show you how to submit a defect to OpenJDK bug systems. This bug system is used by people who do not have developer access to OpenJDK. For OpenJDK developers, there is JIRA.

How to do it...

We will consider the necessary steps to submit a defect to OpenJDK.

First, we will describe some prerequisites to fill a bug report:

  1. First, do a quick search for bugs. It is possible that a similar or even identical bug has already been created. Even if you have something more to say on the subject, please do it in the existing topic without creating a new one.
  2. Then, think about the defect's reproducibility. There is a need to describe in detail how to reproduce your defect and cases in which it can ...

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