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Re: LGEO parts
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 7 Feb 2002 01:16:51 GMT
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Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Jeroen de Haan writes:
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> > Hi all,
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> > Is there any change that the LGEO-parts will be updated or be made bug-free
> > where neccesary? I encountered one (or more?) bugs this afternoon (sorry I
> > couldn't be bothered to write them down) and it erm... bugs me a bit.
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> I have no idea as to the answer to your question, but as a developer I can
> state categorically that developers tend to be totally unsympathetic to
> users who complain about "errors", but can't be bothered to list them. This
> is even more likely to be the case with free software.
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> In fact, I personally would completely ignore such complaints. While I
> welcome and incourage bug reports to my LDView program, I have no sympathy
> for someone simply telling me "it's buggy". I already knew that; it's
> widely accepted (by developers anyway) that all software is buggy. While we
> strive to eliminate all bugs, we don't ever expect to succeed.
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> Don't get me wrong. You're welcome to complain about software whether you
> pay for it or not, but if you honestly want a response from the developer,
> simply stating it's buggy won't do any good.
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> --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com)
Amen! I couldn't have said it better my self. (and I actually
thought about how I might do so.)
-Kyle
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| (...) I'm very sorry that either you interpret me wrong or I didn't made myself clear. My first line was "Is there any change that the LGEO-parts will be updated or be made bug-free where necessary?" and you emphasis on the bug part. I think that (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I have no idea as to the answer to your question, but as a developer I can state categorically that developers tend to be totally unsympathetic to users who complain about "errors", but can't be bothered to list them. This is even more likely (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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