Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
Is
there any particular reason why the published list of changes CANNOT be
COMPLETE so that we only need to check problems once, after they are
supposed to have been fixed?
I would think this would require little extra effort now that the developers
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From: Wynthner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
Perhaps it isn't a high priority task for them...but it darn well should
be!
What
If you download and install the updates, why in the world do you need a list
of the items dealt with in the updates. If the :bug still exists, it
wasn't fixed, if the bug has gone away, then it has been fixed. I'ts
inclusion on a list makes no difference one way or the other.
I don't
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
If you download and install the updates, why in the world do you need a list
of the items dealt with in the updates. If the :bug still exists, it
wasn't fixed
If you'd just download and install every update oh, well, never mind ;-)
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From: Dev Null [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period
Not all of the changes are applicable to all the regional versions [my term
by
which I do not mean language]. For example in the UK and certain other
versions,
for reports instead of reading died at age it now reads died aged. Do you
seriously expect changes in wording for *all* changes in
I've been on both sides of software updates (programmer writing fixes;
system administrator trying to ensure a new release doesn't break anything
critical to a 24/7 operation).
My experience is that *very* few people ever read a detailed fix list if
it's more than a couple of pages. As a system
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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:16:11 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
If you download and install the updates, why in the world do you need a list
of the items dealt with in the updates. If the :bug still
But in many cases, fixes have been reported by more
than one person, simultaniously. Who gets the note, or
do they all get one. Who keeps track of that list. I
hope they spend the time fixing the program instead of
sending thank you notes as the last part of a fix. I
have sent requests to MS and
I don't see what Richard's respsonse has to do with my comment.
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From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
If you download and install the updates, why in the world do you need a
list of the items dealt with in the updates. If the :bug still exists
I'm using Build 6.0.0.117 of December 2006 and do not plan to upgrade until
Version 7 is issued. I (and others) have reported a problem with an
inappropriate period (punctuation) now for several years. The last promise
we had for a fix was in December 2006. I've reviewed the revision
Hi Kay
The issue appears to be fixed, I am using the latest build (November 6). You
may need to think about upgrading after all:-)
Source Detail
Entry: Joe Blow death certificate #12345 (1939)
Results: Joe Blow death certificate #12345 (1939).
Master Source Example:
Entry in Title: Joe
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
Hi Kay
The issue appears to be fixed, I am using the latest build (November 6).
You
may need to think about upgrading after all
to this message, please include all previous correspondence.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kay Fordham
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:37 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
I'm
Sherry/Support wrote:
Without downloading updates, you have no way of knowing if a problem has been
fixed or not.
Unfortunately, you are quite correct. Looking at the published list of
changes for each release gives us only a clue as to SOME of the changes
that have been made. We have
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)
Kay,
Using the most recent build of Legacy 6.0.0.168, I just created a test
source and entered your example in the Source Detail exactly as you showed
Is
there any particular reason why the published list of changes CANNOT be
COMPLETE so that we only need to check problems once, after they are
supposed to have been fixed?
I would think this would require little extra effort now that the developers
have their new system for tracking bugs
Honestly, as a computer software developer (not for Legacy), It is
pretty much unheard of to list every single change that has gone into
a release - especially something like a single period being printed
where it should not. In any software program, for each release, there
is often hundreds of
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