[mythtv] should mythtv be forked?

Isaac Richards ijr at case.edu
Mon Mar 21 18:37:02 UTC 2005


On Monday 21 March 2005 01:36 pm, Bryan Murphy wrote:
> Isaac Richards wrote:
> > On Monday 21 March 2005 12:42 pm, andrew burke wrote:
> > The reason bugzilla's not linked on the main page is that it's been
> > fairly useless, in my opinion.  I get better results handling bugs posted
> > to the lists - better feedback from other people, it's more likely that
> > the reporter will actually _respond_ if more information is requested,
> > etc.
> >
> > The main reason I started the bug tracker in the first place is because a
> > lot of people _insisted_ that they would help with development more if
> > there was a list of bugs for them to fix.  To date, I don't believe a
> > single (external to 'main develoeprs') bug fix has come from it.
>
> I just want to point out that this is a chicken and egg scenario.
> People don't use it because it's not being used the devs.  The devs
> don't use it because nobody else is submitting to it.
>
> If you actually made a concerted effort to use bug tracking, I suspect
> things would change.  I know I've looked at the bug list myself only to
> come to the conclusion that it was out of date and the list was a better
> source of information.

It's not out of date at all.

> If you want it to work, you have to consistently use it, even when it's
> painful.  This has consistently been my experience in my professional
> career as a developer.

I'm using it as much as people submitting to it are.  I don't use it for my 
own bugs I find, because I fix them as I find them, and going through the 
process of submitting a bug for myself, and then marking it as fixed 
immediately seems rather silly.

Isaac


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