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Re: [OT] RadarWeb

At 2:51 AM -0400 5/31/04, Laurence Harris wrote:
I don't consider any bug I file to be vital. I don't want to rely on them
fixing a bug I submit since it most likely won't be fixed by the time I need
to release a version of our product in which I encountered the bug. That
means that after I file a bug, I get to implement a workaround. If at some
point they fix the bug, and I can require the version of the OS in which it
was fixed, only then will I be able to remove my workaround. I know this
isn't true for everyone. YMMV

Agreed, in most cases this is the way it goes, though I have also had cases where a workaround was not possible or unacceptable from a user experience point of view and I had no choice but wait until it would be fixed.

Maybe it's just me, but I figure I'm doing Apple a favor by reporting bugs.
They don't pay me or even give me free software for it (as beta testers
often get), just a thank you. I invest enough time filing bugs without
maintaining my own database of them.

You are right, in many cases reporting bugs is doing Apple a favor as you are forced to develop a workaround anyway. However, you are not just doing Apple a favor but also other developers who, by the time they need some functionality, will not need to make a workaround anymore because it got fixed. You are also doing users a favor because they will get a better system and better apps (because developers need to spend less time on making workarounds). Filing a good bug report takes up quite some time, so I am glad there are people like you and me who are willing to invest that time and also file bugs for which they themselves have developed a workaround, as I am sure there are also developers who don't want to spend that time.

david.
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