Diagnostic Package Generation for Issue Reporting

[zhangt2333]

Clear and concise description of the problem

Currently, when users encounter errors or unexpected behavior with our tool, they face several challenges for issue reporting:

• Manually gathering all relevant information (configuration, input files, logs)
• Uncertainty about what information is necessary for reproduction
• Time-consuming process that discourages issue reporting
• Users who modify the source code may have unique context that are hard to communicate

Suggested Solution

Implement a --diagnostic-package (or --diag) command-line option that automatically:

1. Collects all relevant reproducible-related information
   • Files in Java classpath for collecting the Tai-e class files run by user
   • Files in Tai-e classpath for collecting the analyzed program provided by user
   • option.yml
   • tai-e.log
2. Packages them into a ZIP file

So that:

• Users can create reproducible case in seconds instead of minutes
• Users who modify source code can easily share their exact code
• We reduce back-and-forth communication asking for missing information
• Issue quality improves, leading to faster resolution times