Le mercredi 23 novembre 2005 à 14:17 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > MPCEE French Bureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Like with TACAN, it does NOT work for me and certainly does NOT give me the > > direction towards the Nimitz. As an ex naval aircrew having many years > > experience of finding carriers day and night, I think I know when something > > is working or not. > > Sigh. > > If what you've been trying to do is report something that you believe > is a bug, you're not doing it in an effective or helpful way. Plus, the > tone of this post seems purely intended to antagonize people. > > The purpose of a bug report is *not* to tell someone that something is > broken. The simple fact is that the vast majority of bug reports are > attributable to user error, misconfiguration at the user's end, etc. > "It doesn't work" isn't useful information; if it didn't work at all, > someone would have noticed, including people who have tried it and who > think it worked for them; and so there's likely to be something > different about your situation or what you're expecting to see, and > that information needs to be provided. So telling someone that > something isn't working for you isn't enough. > > The purpose of the bug report is to tell the developers everything they > need to know to be able to see whatever's wrong happen for them just > like it's happening for you. Without this, they cannot reproduce the > problem; and without reproducing the problem, it's incredibly difficult > to solve it. > > I heartily encourage you to take a look at "How to Report Bugs > Effectively," at > > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html > > It's a brief, well-written piece that will help you not just here, but > with any software or hardware issue with any provider, open source or > commercial. > > Cheers, > > -c Hey, C I am not sure your answer is right according to Martin remarks :=( Cheers -- Gerard
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