This is what REALLY SUCKS about RunRev! - was Menubar Help

David Burgun dburgun at dsl.pipex.com
Mon Nov 28 09:48:40 EST 2005


>On 11/28/05 7:33 AM, "David Burgun" <dburgun at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>
>>  If that isn't a bug *and* a limitation then I'd like to know what you
>>  would consider a bug!!!
>
>Well, a "bug" is a behavior that is contrary to what the code is supposed to
>do in that situation.
>
>So the fact that Rev keeps "internal" groups that have no representation is
>not a bug if that was the way it was designed, regardless of whether you
>like it or not, or whether the community likes it or not.
>
>The App Browser, since it is written in Rev, displays things for a stack
>that are on cards, but doesn't (currently) show any unplaced groups that the
>stack possesses. This is why Geoff called it a "limitation" - the App
>Browser should probably show this, but just because it doesn't show it
>doesn't mean it's a bug either. Remember the definition of a "bug" above -
>if the App Browser was *supposed* to show unplaced groups and *didn't*, then
>that would be a bug.
>
>However, regardless of whether this is a bug or limitation, I feel something
>should be done to address it so that this situation doesn't happen again.
>
>Just my 2 cents,

Ok, I can understand that. I guess what I meant was, the bug was that 
the garbage group got created in the first place, but this situation 
is compounded by not being able to see it easily!

All the Best
Dave



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