Re: Extensions As Bug Work-Arounds

2012-03-18 Thread David Cox
On 18/03/2012 9:29 AM, David E. Ross wrote: On 3/17/12 3:13 PM, Ray_Net wrote: David E. Ross wrote, On 17/03/2012 20:10: I have 18 extensions installed for SeaMonkey. Seven of them are installed only because various bug reports have not been fixed. The extensions and the related bugs are:

Re: Extensions As Bug Work-Arounds

2012-03-18 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 17/03/2012 20:29, David E. Ross told the world: And, no, extensions are not sufficient to solve a bug. An extension should be considered only a temporary work-around when there is a report of a software deficiency. It depends on the software deficiency. If only one in a

Re: Extensions As Bug Work-Arounds

2012-03-18 Thread Rufus
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 17/03/2012 20:29, David E. Ross told the world: And, no, extensions are not sufficient to solve a bug. An extension should be considered only a temporary work-around when there is a report of a software deficiency. ...the key to what you say here is

Extensions As Bug Work-Arounds

2012-03-17 Thread David E. Ross
I have 18 extensions installed for SeaMonkey. Seven of them are installed only because various bug reports have not been fixed. The extensions and the related bugs are: * Find Preferences: Bug 505196 at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505196 * Old Default Image Style: Bug 717226

Re: Extensions As Bug Work-Arounds

2012-03-17 Thread Ray_Net
David E. Ross wrote, On 17/03/2012 20:10: I have 18 extensions installed for SeaMonkey. Seven of them are installed only because various bug reports have not been fixed. The extensions and the related bugs are: * Find Preferences: Bug 505196 at

Re: Extensions As Bug Work-Arounds

2012-03-17 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/17/12 3:13 PM, Ray_Net wrote: David E. Ross wrote, On 17/03/2012 20:10: I have 18 extensions installed for SeaMonkey. Seven of them are installed only because various bug reports have not been fixed. The extensions and the related bugs are: * Find Preferences: Bug 505196 at