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| 22 | <B>Geant4 User's Documents</B></FONT></FONT> |
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| 30 | Frequently Asked Questions about User Support Policy |
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| 37 | <b>1.<i>If I need to discuss technical matters specific to my simulation |
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| 38 | application or ask for first-aid help, who can I contact?</i></b> |
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| 40 | Every institute and experiment participating in Geant4 has a G4 |
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| 41 | Technical Steering Board (TSB) representative who may be contacted |
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| 42 | for help with problems relating to simulations. Please contact the |
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| 43 | TSB representative closest to your project or to your laboratory. |
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| 44 | To find out who your TSB representative is go to |
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| 45 | <a href="http://cern.ch/geant4/organisation/technical_board.html">http://cern.ch/geant4/organisation/technical_board.html</a>. |
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| 46 | You may also post your question in the Geant4 HyperNews Forum, |
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| 47 | <a href="http://geant4-hn.slac.stanford.edu:5090/Geant4-HyperNews/index">http://geant4-hn.slac.stanford.edu:5090/Geant4-HyperNews/index</a>.</P><BR> |
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| 49 | <b>2.<i>If I find a bug or other problem with the code, who should be |
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| 50 | informed?</i></b> |
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| 52 | A WWW interface, available at |
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| 53 | <a href="http://cern.ch/geant4/problemreport/">http://cern.ch/geant4/problemreport/</a>, |
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| 54 | will forward the bug report to the person responsible for the affected |
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| 55 | Geant4 domain. The Geant4 web makes available a database of open |
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| 56 | incident reports, tagging the ones already fixed and showing their |
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| 57 | status. An acknowledgement of the bug report will be sent.</P><BR> |
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| 60 | <b>3.<i>If I propose a fix, who is responsible for approving it?</i></b> |
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| 62 | The responsible person is the working group coordinator of the domain |
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| 63 | in which the fix is to be applied. This person is usually also a |
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| 64 | TSB member. If the fix affects more than one domain, the matter will |
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| 65 | be addressed by the TSB.</P><BR> |
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| 67 | <b>4.<i>To whom should I send a proposal for an improvement in Geant4 |
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| 68 | functionality?</i></b> |
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| 70 | Any new requirement should be submitted via the automatic web system. |
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| 71 | It will be discussed at the Geant4 TSB. You may also ask your |
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| 72 | TSB representative to forward your requirement to the TSB. A new |
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| 73 | requirement will trigger a cycle of analysis, design, implementation, |
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| 74 | testing and documentation, which may involve different working |
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| 75 | groups. Any new software or enhancement which will become a part of |
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| 76 | Geant4 must be agreed upon by the TSB, which is charged with ensuring |
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| 77 | the consistency of the entire toolkit.</P><BR> |
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| 79 | <b>5.<i>Is there a regular user meeting which I should attend?</i></b> |
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| 80 | <P> |
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| 81 | There is only one Geant4 workshop per year. However, many experiments |
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| 82 | and institutes in the Geant4 collaboration organize their own regular |
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| 83 | and/or special Geant4 user workshops.</P><BR> |
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| 85 | <b>6.<i>Where can I find solutions to particular problems as well as general |
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| 86 | user support?</i></b> |
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| 88 | Solutions and tips for solving practical problems can be found on an |
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| 89 | additional |
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| 90 | <a href="http://cern.ch/geant4/support/faq.html">FAQ</a> page. |
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| 91 | General and specific user support information is available at |
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| 92 | <a href="http://cern.ch/geant4/support">http://cern.ch/geant4/support</a>. |
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