On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:17:33 -0400
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> Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: keeping the old debate open...
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> > just a question about how open-source projects are managed at
> > apache's : how do you know you run out of bugs to fix ? what's the way
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> > projects are tested ? thanks, since my boss wonders about open-source and
> > fears it a bit...
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> One of fundamental advantages of Open Source is that finding bugs generally
> occurs much faster. Plus, as a user you have direct access to the bug
> tracking system (bugzilla, in this case at
> http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/ ).
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When I first started doing open source (~5 years ago), I intellectually
believed that this would be true -- it made sense. But, beyond finding
bugs in the first place, I am continually amazed at how willing people are
to not only notice that there was a problem, but go into the source and
figure out how to fix it, so that they can provide a patch. The Struts
community in particular has been very helpful in that regard.
Craig
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