Don wrote: > bearophile wrote: >> Andrei Alexandrescu: >>> there's been a sharp increase in bug reports and patches recently. >>> Walter and I are still scratching our head over that (it's not like >>> dmd got much crappier overnight). I can only infer that more people >>> have started using more of D. >> >> I think it's mostly a complex consequence of showing DMD source code. >> I have "predicted" this outcome in one post more than one year ago. > > Yes. It's the simple fact that you can compile DMD out-of-the-box. In > fact, everyone who has downloaded DMD is "forced" to have a working copy > of the source code! > It's interesting to compare this with GDC, which, with the GNU license, > is a purer form of "free software". Yet, it's amazingly difficult to get > it to compile (I tried once, and failed). > It's not just about having source code "available".
I don't believe that to be the case. That would explain why more _fixes_ are being provided (primarily thanks to your contributions), but not why there's been an increase in bug _filing_. http://d.puremagic.com/issues/reports.cgi?product=D&datasets=UNCONFIRMED%3A&datasets=NEW%3A&datasets=ASSIGNED%3A&datasets=REOPENED%3A&datasets=VERIFIED%3A&datasets=FIXED%3A Regardless.. it's all good. More reports == more chances of more things being fixed. Later, Brad
