The 12 Bugs of Christmas

[Jerry Feldman, ZKO3-3/Y25, DTN:381-2970]

Sing to the tune of 12-Days-of-Christmas...

                        The 12 Bugs of Christmas

For the first bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        See if they can do it again.

For the second bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the third bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the fourth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the fifth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the sixth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the seventh bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Say they need an upgrade
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the eighth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Find a way around it
        Say they need an upgrade
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the ninth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Blame it on the hardware
        Find a way around it
        Say they need an upgrade 
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the tenth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Change the documentation
        Blame it on the hardware
        Find a way around it
        Say they need an upgrade
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Say it's not supported
        Change the documentation
        Blame it on the hardware
        Find a way around it
        Say they need an upgrade
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
        Tell them it's a feature
        Say it's not supported
        Change the documentation
        Blame it on the hardware
        Find a way around it
        Say they need an upgrade
        Reinstall the software
        ASK FOR A DUMP!
        Run with the debugger
        Try to reproduce it
        Ask them how they did it and
        See if they can do it again.

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Jerry Feldman            Unix Systems - Development Engineering
Mailstop: ZKO3-3/Y25     (603)881-2970, DTN:381-2970, 
Digital Equipment Corp.  gaf at zk3.dec.com
110 Spitbrook Rd.        
Nashua, NH 03062-9987    
Member Boston Computer Society BOD : gaf at bcs.org
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