Comments on: 80% WONTFIX?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:40:36 +0000

Steve Skazenski: The upside of that, is “job security” .

By: X-Tra Rant / Software Quality Assurance & Firefox 3

X-Tra Rant / Software Quality Assurance & Firefox 3 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:27:25 +0000

[...] excellent article about the recent Firefox 3 “blocking bugs” hubub, and the resulting response from the Firefox community. I will say that this article and this issue really sums up some of the difficulties of the [...]

By: Steve Skazenski

Steve Skazenski — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:14:30 +0000

Wow, Rob, quoted by Ars.

I’m pretty sure the thing I hate most is people working, managing, talking (or reporting) with/about things they have absolutely no idea about and don’t care to get into any of the specifics of it. Though that’s usually because I’ll be pulled in and have to fix it.

By: Aclaran sobre “bugs” de Firefox 3.0 « Prisma Digital

Aclaran sobre “bugs” de Firefox 3.0 « Prisma Digital — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:23:29 +0000

[...] Aclaran sobre “bugs” de Firefox 3.0 Noviembre 20, 2007 Posted by Radamés in Aplicaciones, Firefox, Tecnología. trackback En una entrada anterior reseñé un artículo publicado por el New York Times donde se planteaba que el 80% de los “bugs” o “blockers” que han sido identificados en la versión 3 de Firefox no iban a ser corregidos para no retrasar más su lanzamiento. Pues representantes de Mozilla han aclarado que los “blockers” identificados, más que errores o defectos, son detalles que los desarrolladores no han podido completar. Otro problema es que estos desarrolladores han tenido problemas para identificar prioridades en la atención a estos defectos, así que Mozilla ha hecho énfasis en darle prioridad a los más importantes. Puedes echar un vistazo a la lista de “blockers” para que corrobores las declaraciones del personal de Mozilla y para una explicación detallada del proceso, puedes visitar el blog de Robert Accettura. [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:27:33 +0000

@Shawn Wilsher: good point. And don’t forget those that are duplicates or competing ideas where only 1 of them will ever get resolved.

By: 80% Won’t Be Fixed?

80% Won’t Be Fixed? — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:49:34 +0000

[...] just got done reading Robert Accettura’s post referring to a New Your Times article about how 80% of Firefox bugs won’t be fixed for [...]

By: Shawn Wilsher

Shawn Wilsher — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:36:54 +0000

Let’s also not forget that any new feature is filed as a bug in the database.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:39:42 +0000

You’d think IDG and the NY Times would be more sympathetic, since on this evidence, they only fix 20% of the bugs in their product before shipping…

By: José Jeria

José Jeria — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:45:01 +0000

Try the above url without the comma at the end…

By: José Jeria

José Jeria — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:44:20 +0000

This is all over the news http://www.macworld.co.uk/digi.....wsID=19679. Also reported by Swedish tech media.