I agree 100% with what Dalibor just said. Bug reporting systems work OK sometimes, depending on the situation, but I think the type of bugs submitted against Kaffe tend to be of a nature where they tend to get lost in such a system.
I'm going to try hard to personally keep a bug queue (in my email program) based on what's been posted to the list. If a fix doesn't show up on the scene within a few days, then we can update FAQ.Known-Bugs (and possibly add a call for help to the Projects page on the website). Inevitably, some bug reports might fall through the cracks, but hopefully not many. If it's not in FAQ.Known-Bugs, then it's probably just too new to get added, or I lost it. Right now, I'm still getting up-to-speed, so I haven't been updating the document much yet. I do have a few bugs still that I need to write up. I wanted to play around a bit more with doing some random testing just so I can get a better "feel" of where we're at. If a bug doesn't get added against FAQ.Known-Bugs after a week or so, then file a bug against me. :-) Cheers, - Jim On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 13:41, Dalibor Topic wrote: > I'll take this opportunity to rant a little bit about > bug tracking systems: > > I don't think bug tracking systems work that well for > small projects like this (<10 active developers) which > are getting a low number of bug reports (< 10 per > week). They are great when you are getting a lot of > bug reports every day, and have people that take care > of misfiled bugs, contacting people reporting bugs, > and so on. > > Kaffe.org doesn't seem to ;) The latest bug database > that kaffe.org had, died what seems to be a long and > silent death with over 200 entries in the incoming > queue. > > That's why I prefer to see people email their bug > reports to the mailing list, where they get feedback > and the things are usually resolved quickly. Most bug > reports are not really useable in their original form, > and it takes a few mails to clarify the issue. That's > easier to do when you are dealing with emails, instead > of web forms. Finally, if you are having trouble with > kaffe crashing on on an "esoteric" platform, your > chances are higher to find somebody who can help you > if you report the bug to the mailing list with a > catchy subject, then if you file it into an anonymous > bug tracking system. > > Flagging bugs is all nice and well, but it won't get > them fixed. If a bug matters to someone, he/she should > raise the problem a couple of times until its fixed, > or submit a patch. > > Rant over ;) > > cheers, > > dalibor topic > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > kaffe mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kaffe.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kaffe _______________________________________________ kaffe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kaffe.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kaffe