Re: clearer bugzilla stock responses. shorter ways.

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 09:44 +0100, Joachim Noreiko
> wrote:
> > --- Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
> > > Also, I'd prefer to change 
> > > "However, you are using an old version"
> > > to
> > > "However, you are using a version that is too
> old"
> > > or similar, 
> > > so we don't encourage people (journalists) to
> say
> > > "Look, as soon as
> > > they've shipped it, they stop supporting it.
> This
> > > why open source yadda
> > > yadda yadda wrong."
> > 
> > Is there a standard policy, at least across the
> gnome
> > desktop components, of when to stop maintaining?
> > The wording I suggested would be easier if we
> could
> > say:
> > "To make best use of limited developer time,
> versions
> > more than x years old are not supported." -- and
> then
> > the text you suggest about upgrading.
> 
> Sorry for nitpicking, but I'd avoid "limited
> developer time". It
> confirms some people's wrong belief that open source
> depends only on
> unpaid volunteer developers working in their spare
> time.

That's a fair point to make.
But the fact is that we DO have limited time. If we
didn't, all the bugs I filed over six months ago would
be fixed. All the funky stuff we keep saying we'll
work on would be done. 



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