Re: On Bugs

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@progenylinux.com>]

Well, no.  If gedit has a grave bug, if it's not important, just don't
release it.  We shouldn't be releasing things that are going to
segfault immediately on start, pose a large security risk, or
whatnot.  

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:

> How about a different slant?
> 
> Why should a grave bug on gedit hold up a release?  With the number of packages
> we have, ensuring that the tiny "My first program" pieces of software are bug
> free is nearly impossible.  perhaps we should limit the scope of release
> critical bugs to packages with priority standard or lower?
> 
> 
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John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>                       www.complete.org
Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.    www.progenylinux.com
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