Hi,
Just so you know, due to the fix for bug #22961
(https://gna.org/bugs/?22961), the failure of relaxation data loading
with the message "IndexError: list index out of range", I plan on soon
release a new relax version with this fix. I don't know why relax
users have not reported this problem before, as it is likely to have
been encountered a few times.
Maybe the solution would be to catch all errors, skip the RelaxErrors
so they proceed as normal, and then create a system for automatic bug
submission? This would be a radical and highly disruptive change
though. A different solution would be required for each UI (prompt,
script, and graphical).
The hard part would be to interface with the Gna! infrastructure.
This may make automation impossible. Therefore maybe a set of
instructions for bug submission should be presented to the user. Some
ideas for the text would be:
- "An unidentified error has been encountered."
- Please create a bug report using the link
https://gna.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=relax.
- Copy and paste the entirety of the error message.
- Attach the log file if one was created (or copy and paste the relax
output or rerun relax with the --log or --tee option), compressing if
it is a large file.
- Ideally create truncated input data files for 1 or 2 spins, slightly
randomising the data and changing file names for privacy, and attach
those files.
- Attach a script file, if it exists.
- If the attached data and script files are sufficient to reproduce
the bug, a solution can usually be found within 5 to 10 minutes.
- Run 'relax --info --tee relax_info.log' and attach the
relax_info.log file to the report.
These are just some ideas for the future.
Regards,
Edward
Quick release of relax version 3.3.3, and an idea for automatic bug submission when relax crashes.