On 10/17/10 9:39 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On 10/17/10 03:16 PM, Jan Groenewald wrote:
Hi
I believe any belief that having "bug hunt weeks" is a long term
solution is rather flawed. The issues should be tackled at an
earlier stage.
Despite not being a sufficient solution, are they not nonetheless
necessary? Or at least helpful?
regards,
Jan
Yes, I think they would be useful. Periods of concentrated effort at
fixing bugs is a standard practice in professional software engineering.
In a similar way I feel "bug fix only releases" would be useful, where
one concentrates on removing bugs, and not adding features. That idea
has however been very much disliked by many people.
Given the lack of enthusiasm by many (including William) for my
suggestions of "bug-fix-only" releases, it will be interesting to see
how many take William up on attending the "Bug Days".
(just answering the question about bug days, but I don't have time right
now to comment on the other points) We have already had several bug days
(week-long get-togethers; at least two that I've attended), plus
numerous 1-day meet-on-IRC bug days, and they have been very successful.
Jason
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