What's to stop them? -Al > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: > > > I recently read a post from Gael, requesting that we stop bashing them > > about the bug reports. Well unfortunately I cannot do that. Not until the > > problem/problems get resolved. The developers have to understand that if > > a product has bugs in it, that those bugs have to be answered and fixed > > before going to the next release. I know I have come down hard before on > > the lack of response from the Mandrake Team on getting things done and > > answering questions, and yes the response has picked up somewhat. But > > legitimate bugs are not getting answered. > > > > Something must be done about this. > > Fair enough, but keep one thing in mind. Has Cassini been released with > all these bugs in it? Nope. Give them a chance... I (personally) have > enough respect for Mandrake to think they aren't brain-dead enough to go > and release 6.1 *prior* to fixing bugs... > > I understand your need/want for bug fixes, I'm in the same boat. I agree > with you whole-heartedly. But you're coming damn-near to assuming > Mandrake is going to pull a Mickeysoft and release 6.1 without fixing the > bugs first. I'm confident enough that they will release the majority of > the bugs (or at least the serious-serious ones) prior to release. We both > know that bugs crop up all the time, and I think Mandrake is doing a good > job of addressing the issues. I also don't think they need to reply to > every single bug report if it's concise and clear enough? Is that maybe > part of the problem for you? > > I don't know.. I don't think you're giving the Mandrake boys a fair enough > shake for all the hard work they're putting into it. Just my two cents... > take it or leave it... =) > > Vincent Danen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . ICQ: 16978834 > BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta > Stronghold Enterprises/X BBS . http://shx.tzo.net > Telnet://shx.tzo.net . Weblogin-http://shx.tzo.net/shx >
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: > I recently read a post from Gael, requesting that we stop bashing them > about the bug reports. Well unfortunately I cannot do that. Not until the > problem/problems get resolved. The developers have to understand that if > a product has bugs in it, that those bugs have to be answered and fixed > before going to the next release. I know I have come down hard before on > the lack of response from the Mandrake Team on getting things done and > answering questions, and yes the response has picked up somewhat. But > legitimate bugs are not getting answered. > > Something must be done about this. Fair enough, but keep one thing in mind. Has Cassini been released with all these bugs in it? Nope. Give them a chance... I (personally) have enough respect for Mandrake to think they aren't brain-dead enough to go and release 6.1 *prior* to fixing bugs... I understand your need/want for bug fixes, I'm in the same boat. I agree with you whole-heartedly. But you're coming damn-near to assuming Mandrake is going to pull a Mickeysoft and release 6.1 without fixing the bugs first. I'm confident enough that they will release the majority of the bugs (or at least the serious-serious ones) prior to release. We both know that bugs crop up all the time, and I think Mandrake is doing a good job of addressing the issues. I also don't think they need to reply to every single bug report if it's concise and clear enough? Is that maybe part of the problem for you? I don't know.. I don't think you're giving the Mandrake boys a fair enough shake for all the hard work they're putting into it. Just my two cents... take it or leave it... =) Vincent Danen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . ICQ: 16978834 BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta Stronghold Enterprises/X BBS . http://shx.tzo.net Telnet://shx.tzo.net . Weblogin-http://shx.tzo.net/shx
