Fix it before moving ahead

[Graham Samuel]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:03:00 -0800, Ken Norris <pixelbird at interisland.net> 
wrote:

> > However, I must note that Bugzilla offers each Revolution User the
> > option to identify the fixes & enhancements she/he feels should
> > receive first priority.
>------------
>Well, last time I was there it scared me to death seeing all those unfixed
>bugs :-/
>
>My point is that at this juncture, Rev already has more features than any
>other RAD tool out there. Consequently, IMNSHO, stability is a far, far more
>important issue than adding features.
>
>What good are more features if your user's application, or worse yet, their
>machines, crash because of a bug that should have been fixed by now?
>
>I really want to see a bug-free Rev, or as close as possible, before any
>more features are added. It shouldn't be a democratic issue...I think they
>should _all_ be fixed.

I don't normally quote the whole of another person's mail, but I agree so 
strongly with this that I really want it broadcast. I also think that the 
idea of voting for a bug to be fixed is deeply flawed if it doesn't take 
into account the severity of the bug, which can vary from an unimportant 
cosmetic problem in the IDE (the fixing of which might attract a lot of 
votes) all the way to a complete showstopper for a developer who has the 
right (within reason) to expect that the product will work as advertised 
even if he/she is in a small minority of users of that feature. AFAIK the 
RunRev team can and do work out what are the real showstoppers - and they 
are, I hope, acting on this set of priorities as far as they can. If this 
means pulling some new features from the next edition or RunRev, then so be it.

My 2 eurocents, as ever

Graham

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Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK & France