Re: [tdf-discuss] feature expansion or bug minimisation?

2011-08-15 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/11/2011 11:55 AM, e-letter wrote: Readers, A recent feature request prompted the strategic question: what is more important, minimising bugs or adding new features? Of course, the ideal answer is to do both (;)), but remember, the question is to choose only one answer... Short answer:

Re: [tdf-discuss] feature expansion or bug minimisation?

2011-08-12 Thread Patrick Gerin
2011/8/11 e-letter inp...@gmail.com Readers, A recent feature request prompted the strategic question: what is more important, minimising bugs or adding new features? Of course, the ideal answer is to do both (;)), but remember, the question is to choose only one answer... Maybe the

[tdf-discuss] feature expansion or bug minimisation?

2011-08-11 Thread e-letter
Readers, A recent feature request prompted the strategic question: what is more important, minimising bugs or adding new features? Of course, the ideal answer is to do both (;)), but remember, the question is to choose only one answer... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [tdf-discuss] feature expansion or bug minimisation?

2011-08-11 Thread anthropornis
Sometimes missing a core feature is a bug, and fixing a bug is adding a feature (particularly if its making an existing feature more ~discoverable~). So it might be necessary to establish an importance ~hierarchy~ for bugs/features, to determine when something really overlaps both areas.