On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 30 Aug 2008, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Arun Khan wrote: > > > Sure, we can write bug reports on these but should not they have > > > been caught during unit/integration testing? These are basic HMI > > > issues. > > > > Unit/integration testing? How many projects do you think has any of > > those? > > The two specific items I listed should have been apparent to the > developer of the KDE4 Time/Date applet for the panel. > > > Do check how many major projects have anything resembling that > > and you will be in for a surprise. It is to a large extend based on > > testing from end users that these projects get to the point where > > they are. > > Agree that such projects do not have the resources to do extensive > testing of all it's nuances but I would expect the developer to test > the obvious ones. > > Developers just writing the code and releasing it - for unstable/alpha/ > may be acceptable for alpha/beta but not in released versions. > I second this opinion. There is considerable difference between a 'bug' and an obvious defect. A curious question - how come popular distros shipped KDE 4 in spite of its condition ? What if people switch distros (as i did) because of it ? Won't it hurt their popularity ? TIA. Best regards, Pranav -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
