On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 00:46 +1100, John Ross wrote: > Let's try a little role-play... You, the developer, have created a GUI > app that regularly corrupts its own index files. You have been told > about the bug some time ago and done some research, now you have > turned up to a meeting with your PM claiming to have fixed it. > Yes in this role-playing. Is the "user" a paying customer funding the "developers" work? If so, maybe this role-playing scenario is valid. If not, maybe the "user" needs to be patient and let the "developer" fix the root of the problem not the symptoms of the problem.
I believe Mr Barnes has outlined an approach to fix the root of the problems. However we must be patient reap the harvest of fruit. > PM: "OK what's the fix? > Developer: "The user has to open a terminal and delete all these files > called ~.xyzblahblah* every time it happens" > PM: "You're not listening. That's a workaround, not a fix. You can't > ask GUI users to run around rm'ing things! So when will you have it > fixed? > Developer: "But it is fixed." > PM: "You're still not listening! What agency are you from?" > Developer: "But... it's easy - all they need to do is..." > PM: "Look, the files called ~.xyzblahblah* don't even exist in the > current version, so you don't even have a workaround, let alone a fix. > What agency?" > Developer: "But..." > PM: "FRIDAY, 5pm, no workarounds - a FIX!" > > John Peace, Rob -- Rob Seward Bluestone Consulting Group, LLC web: http://www.bluestone-consulting.com/ e-mail: rseward/AT/bluestone-consulting.com office: 734.274.5168 mobile: 734.604.3780 _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
