On 3/17/12 3:13 PM, Ray_Net wrote: > David E. Ross wrote, On 17/03/2012 20:10: >> I have 18 extensions installed for SeaMonkey. Seven of them are >> installed only because various bug reports have not been fixed. The >> extensions and the related bugs are: >> >> * Find Preferences: Bug 505196 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505196> >> >> * Old Default Image Style: Bug 717226 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=717226> >> >> * Password Exporter: Bug 664574 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664574> >> >> * Preserve Download Modification Timestamp: Bug 733954 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733954> >> >> * Remember Passwords: Bug 425145 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425145> >> >> * Show Password On Input: Bug 232050 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232050> >> >> * Show my Password: Bug 502258 at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502258> >> >> Additionally, I have had to install or create some "buttons" in the >> PrefBar extension as work-arounds for other bug reports. The bugs are: >> Bug 526150 (WontFix) at >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526150> >> Bug 660646 at<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660646> >> Bug 664574 at<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664574> >> >> Some of these work-arounds -- both extensions and PrefBar "buttons" -- >> are not being maintained. Thus, I am concerned that the lack of >> activity to implement fixes for the bug reports might reduce the >> functionality of future versions of SeaMonkey unacceptably. >> >> No, not all of these bug reports are SeaMonkey. Some are Core and >> Toolkit bugs. >> > Did you expect at least one problem solved ? (solved-corrected, not > solved-wontfix :-) )
Yes. Rather than adding new "improvements" (not all of which are indeed improvements. e.g., bug 376997), some attention should be given to older bug reports. And, no, extensions are not sufficient to solve a bug. An extension should be considered only a temporary work-around when there is a report of a software deficiency. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
