Interviewed by CNN on 18/07/2011 02:07, Bill Davidsen told the world: > From my view, in every release there are new features, improvements and > bugfixes haven't come to my attention. I like a model where eventually you > release something fully functional.
I'm not entirely clear on the meaning of your phrasing here. But "fully functional" tends to be a moving target. > I think for this model the spelling you want is bizarre. No, bazaar, like in Eric Raymond's book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." > If you don't consider address book being broken to be pouring the chamber pot > in > the cistern, could you give an example of just how broken something would > have > to be before it gets fixed? Well, I don't "consider" the address book issue you mention anything -- I don't consider it serious, I don't consider it insignificant. I'm just barely aware that there is some sort of complaint regarding it. Since I'm not in the dev team and I don't make any sort of decisions regarding releases, my opinion in this particular issue is irrelevant. But, generally speaking, I would think that a "chemspill" issue might fit one of theses possibilities (not limited to them; these are the ones I could think of): - one where a large percentage of users would be unable to use the major features of the product; - one where there was a risk of serious dataloss (non-recoverable by reinstalling or reverting to the previous version); - one where there was a serious risk of an exploit by a malicious third-party compromising user privacy and data security. > I admit I'm more offended by the fact that you don't consider the address > book > debacle or the reported offline imap deleting hundreds of messages serious > enough to be fixed than by the fact that there is not QA, after years of > working > things becoming broken I assume user testing of beta versions is the only > testing there is. As I said, I don't "consider" those issues anything; I'm barely aware of their existence and I have no role on the decision-making. I have no data and no opinion, beyond the fact that I'm using both IMAP and the address book and had no problems. As for the testing... yes, beta versions exist FOR user-testing. And I'm unaware of any other form of effective software testing. But then, I'm not a developer; there might be some sort of automated test suite that can help. > I have a bet with someone here that the reaction to my post will be a > personal > attack on my tone, accusations of being a whiner, and no corrective response > to > the issues I raised. Unfortunately, your frustration is misdirected. I'm an user, same as you. I have no responsibilities in the decision-making process. Therefore, I feel no anger at your demands for explanations -- I'm not personally involved. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Sharp pocket calculator. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.1 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
