How to fix a broken package?

[k_rock923]

I'm using Ubuntu and there is a package that is not working and I am pretty sure I know the reason for this. It has to do with where and which files it installs in addition to the main application. If I fix the broken package, how can I go about submitting it?

[spacegypsy]

I solved my broken package problem this way. (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=359969)

[k_rock923]

What I mean is that a package is broken, I know how to fix it (I'm pretty sure, at least) but I don't know how to submit the fix.

[bapoumba]

What I mean is that a package is broken, I know how to fix it (I'm pretty sure, at least) but I don't know how to submit the fix.
Is there a Launchpad bug about this package (which one, BTW, if I may)?
You can submit the fix there.
Or I did not understand your question ;)

[k_rock923]

It doesn't look like there is a bug submitted. However, there were a couple other forum posts about users having the same problem

The packages is spim, an emulator for the mips architecture. It's used for computer science students learning assembly.

[bapoumba]

Okay, first let me tell you I do not know a thing about spim ;)
I browsed ubuntuforums, and came across that link:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html
Is that what you are talking about ?

There is a Cooperative Bug Isolation Project (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/cbi/). May be you could get in touch with them ?
They have mailing lists (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/cbi/contact/).