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[Andy Robinson]

Dinu Gherman wrote:

> Andy Robinson:

> 

>> This mailing list is the bug tracking system, and always has been.  If

>> we agree something is a bug, we deal with it pretty quickly.

>>

>> Most of the open source projects with bug trackers just end up with 

>> long

>> wish lists of non-bugs and it's very hard to keep track of what's 

>> current.

> 

> IMHO there is only a difference in perspective between a list of

> "bugs" and one of "wishes".

> 

Yes, if people are disciplined.  But most real-world project trackers 
grow in length forever, and create differences of opinion.


Our position is about the same as it has been for 4-5 years: sadly we 
don't have the time we would like to work on the open source code, or to 
fiddle around setting up better community mechanisms.  And the evidence 
suggests that even if we did set up better mechanisms, we'd still get no 
long term volunteers to help work on the code, trackers or 
documentation.  But there are very few bugs and we try to fix all 
reported bugs promptly.  I hope it's still good value for money ;-)

- Andy