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Overview
HPS Software is an email list for asking questions about any of the software being used on the HPS experiment. It is fairly active with usually at least a few messages everyday. It is public and un-moderated; anyone can send a message to this list.
Subscribing to the List
To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@slac.stanford.edu with subscribe hps-software as the message body. The subject can be left blank. You should then receive a confirmation email shortly, saying that you have been added to the list.
Mailing List Archives
https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=HPS-SOFTWARE
Template for Asking Questions
Technical questions involving bugs or crashes in the software should generally include the following information:
- If you are sending to the list for the first time, then please briefly introduce yourself, giving your institution and supervisor (if relevant).
- Briefly outline the task you are trying to accomplish.
- Describe in detail the steps you have tried already and where you are stuck or getting an error or crash.
- Include all the relevant information to reproduce this problem, such as:
- names of all the software tools you are using and their versions
- specific XML steering file(s) that you are using (if any)
- operating system and version
- Java version (from java -version on the command line)
- data files that are being used as input
- event number where the crash occurs
- Full traceback of the error or a description of what seems to be wrong in the output