Re: Testing netapplet
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 01:35:39 -0400 (EDT), Jaldhar H Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org> said:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Thomas Hood wrote:
>> I find it interesting that configuration tools are held to a lower
>> standard than normal applications when it comes to judging their
>> fitness for release. (/me reads the RC bug list ...) There is,
>> for example, a bug open against audacity that is rated critical on
>> the grounds that it "causes audio data to be lost from some saved
>> audacity projects". However, if a configuration tool such as
>> webmin erases lines in /etc/network/interfaces then that is
>> considered OK so long as it wouldn't erase lines in _Grandma's_
>> /etc/network/interfaces file.
> Well only Grandma is likely to be using webmin in the first place!
> And to be fair it does work in the vast majority of cases. You have
> a complicated setup.
> That's why your criticisms of webmin are not RC (IMO) they are
> important though, I don't deny that.
If they cause data loss, then the bug is grave or
higher. Whether or not this grave bug is RC depends on the release
managers.
manoj
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