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In particular, please use tabs (not spaces) 88 to indent your code; one tab per indent level. 89 <li> If at all possible, avoid making whitespace modifications. 90 <li> Small patches are appreciated. 91 <li> If you are submitting a new bug detector, please submit a small 92 standalone source file that contains an instance of the 93 kind of bug the detector looks for. 94 </ul> 95 96 <p> Following these guidelines makes it much easier for us 97 to incorporate new code. 98 99 <h2>How to submit a patch</h2> 100 101 <p> Patches may be submitted through the 102 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=614695&group_id=96405&func=browse">Patches</a> tracker on the 103 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/findbugs/">sourceforge project page</a>. 104 105 106 <hr> <p> 107 <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> 108 <!---//hide script from old browsers 109 document.write( "Last updated "+ document.lastModified + "." ); 110 //end hiding contents ---> 111 </script> 112 <p> Send comments to <a class="sidebar" href="mailto:findbugs (a] cs.umd.edu">findbugs (a] cs.umd.edu</a> 113 <p> 114 <A href="http://sourceforge.net"><IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=96405&type=5" width="210" height="62" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" /></A> 115 116 </td> 117 118 </tr></table> 119 120 </body> 121 </html> 122
