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Re: fix bugs before adding new features
by richie on Wednesday 30/Nov/2005, @13:52
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> Unfortunately, this is not how KDE works. If you use OSS, you *are* an unpaid
> software tester. While you should resent this with commercial software, you
> should simply accept that this is the way it works with OSS.
I have no claims, because I didn't pay anything. As I enjoy reporting bugs and helping to improve software, being an unpaid software tester is also no problem.
With my comment I only wanted address a common problem today. Often before a problem gets fixed new problems are intoduced. If I had paid for a piece of software, I would get pretty angry.
I am grateful, that I have the choice to wait.
> You do make a good point though. We should be careful that stability does
> not take a back seat to new features. If we are not careful about this,
> adding new features will introduce new bugs and if new features are added
> faster than bugs are fixed, the releases might become less stable.
This is a thing which is important for me. The second one is: Keep things small and simple.
I can't count how many friends had their "state-of-the-art" laptops or mobile phones repaired under warranty several times.
As I don't follow that direction, I have less problems. |
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