Re: Bugs

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

hi;

On 17 January 2014 13:08, Marshall Neill <ramien43 windstream net> wrote:
> I have a feeling this will upset the developers but I believe it has to be
> said.,

if you start from this, you probably should re-evaluate sending your
email in the first place.

well, too late, now.

> I recently read that there are 46,000 bugs in Gnome 3.

no, there are 46,000 tickets open (excluding requests for
enhancements) in the *whole* GNOME Bugzilla as for 2013:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2014-January/msg00062.html

that contains actual bugs, as well as untriaged issues that may be
resolved as duplicates, obsolete issues, invalid issues, requests for
enhancement, or actual bugs.

I do suggest you read that email I linked, and if you have questions
on the statistics for the bug tracking system you should ask the bug
squad.

> Now I would think logic would dictate that you fix bugs instead of
> implementing new features.

that's not how it works in software development (or life in general),
and especially that's not how it works in volunteer-driven software
projects.

volunteer time is not fungible: you cannot swap out people or effort
among different tasks. also, you cannot dictate what people should
work on, because that rarely ends well.

> Seems like the developers are more interested in change than fixing what is
> broken.

that's a radical interpretation of the text, if I ever saw one. you
should look at the statistics for bugs reported and closed.

> If that logic was applied to automobiles I believe public outcry would
> demand that the vehicles be fixed first.

this is a logical fallacy: software is not a car.

> Now, new features that no one really asked for are implemented and the bugs
> keep piling up and extensions that worked, don't, themes that worked, don't.
> Well, enough of my rant.  I think you can see where I am coming from.

I do see where you're coming from, but neither the premise nor the
conclusion are correct.

also, it most definitely does not relate to the development of the
gnome-shell project. you probably wanted to use desktop-devel-list
instead.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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