Hi Martin, On 21/04/2005 07:34 PM +0200, you wrote:
RIT of course, and this is based on their judgement of the circumstances. Feedback, reproducability, how many users are affected, and how profoundly it affects usability.
Again - this is quite relative.
As it always will be.
Eg. I don't care about all the IMAP bugs - because I have only POP accounts - in my opinion these bugs have no high priority...
They have no high priority for *you* and that's fine.
As an IMAP user, they have a high priority for me. If I am one of a few IMAP users, then I can understand RIT not prioritizing IMAP problems for fixing right away, especially if they have their overwhelming majority userbase complaining about serious bugs.
I know at that point, that it's time for me to move on and use a client that has IMAP as a high priority, or I wait and will not be surprised if the IMAP problems remain unfixed for long periods.
I'm not saying that RIT don't consider IMAP to be a priority. I'm just developing your comment as an example of what I mean and am trying to explain.
Good for you.
You can't use this version?
I use IMAP and can barely use that version. I could manage if I had to use it. However, I don't have to use it, so I don't.
Again, RIT decides with the help of users and feedback.
And which criteria?
I don't know. 9Val alluded to some of this in one his messages posted recently. The one about bug fixing/reporting.
However, with participation on the list and being familiar with what other problems are reported and are being tackled, it's easier to perceive why a bug will remain unfixed though it has been reported a long time before.
I don't see any advantage to "forget" bugs.
Me neither. They can remain unfixed for long periods, and yet not be forgotten.
"Blindly"? Anybody how has an other opinion is blind then? I don't understand....
You're always thinking the absolute worse of what I write. I never thought I had a track record on the list to deserve this. ;)
I'm speaking figuratively. A lot of times, I personally complain or see others complain about a bug. We get a perspective from RIT or another member that makes us better understand why it's not being fixed as quickly as we'd like. These issues follow a pattern and after a while, they can often be seen even before they're actually indicated.
Take the jumping text bug for instance. I don't really need RIT to say that this bug is low priority. Just look at the currently prevailing issues and it becomes clear.
-- Allie Martin System specs: http://www.ac-martin.com/sysspecs.htm -=-=- Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
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