We are currently using Jaunty 9.04 (64 and 32-bit) on our production desktop systems. A few weeks ago a user asked me for a recommendation for an easy to use html editor, and I suggested KompoZer. (Suggestions? I think I've tried most of them and found them lacking; the original Netscape Composer, now found in SeaMonkey still seems to be the best for fast, simple editing of static HTML pages by naive users.)
The version of KompoZer in 9.04 universe is 0.7.10. The user came back a few days later complaining about bugs. I didn't believe him until I tried it myself. Sure enough, just hovering the mouse over certain menu items (e.g. file -> recent pages or formatting -> fonts) make the program crash every time -- the editing window simply disappears. Feel free to try it yourself. It took exactly 15 seconds to confirm that this is a known bug (in Intrepid!) and another 5 seconds to find out what it was. Tracking down the bug involves the following complicated steps: google for the work "kompozer" and then click on the first link which appears, the kompozer project home page, where one finds the following text right in the middle of the main page: "Linux users: KompoZer 0.7.10 is not compatible with GTK 2.14 and higher, hence the crashes. Please have a look at KompoZer 0.8 alpha." Now, is it finally appropriate for me to say WTF? Is the package maintainer for this package in a coma? It shouldn't take more than one use of the program to realize that there is a problem: if the mouse pointer comes in contact with the test "recent pages" the program crashes. Changing the font, a frequently invoked action, is completely impossible. Since we all care about linux/Ubuntu on this list, I presume that I don't have to say that we simply can't afford to continue to have these kinds of embarrassing basic quality control issues. If a package isn't really being maintained, then it shouldn't appear in any of the main repositories. What's the definition of "really being maintained"? For starters, trying to run the program at least one time with the new distribution before publishing. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
