Re: Xcode bug
Re: Xcode bug
- Subject: Re: Xcode bug
- From: "Alastair J.Houghton" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:19:44 +0000
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 12:56 am, Ambroise Confetti wrote:
Le 27 oct. 03, ` 00:08, Alastair J.Houghton a icrit :
What I mean is that sending beta versions to the developers is a good
thing for both Apple and the developers. But any professional software
must also undergo professional beta testing, i.e. have a very precise
checklist of features to test and their desired behavior, and that
list is derived from the software's specifications, precisely because
a group of normal users will never use 100% of the implemented
features.
And I doubt Xcode has undergone this process, since this bug is both
very easy to produce and very severe in its consequences (I had been
using it for 15 minutes, and only its basic features).
Rubbish. Of course they've tested it. Apple's reputation is at stake,
and a company like Apple relies on its image, both with consumers and
developers, to attract people to the platform. Also, XCode's
developers' reputations are at stake, both within Apple and within the
developer community at large. So *they* won't want to release it
without testing it.
In my experience it's very easy to miss bugs like this when testing,
even if you think you have a very complete set of tests. It may even
require an extremely specific set of steps, unrelated to the software's
specification.
*Any* developer should be pleased to accept bug reports from their
users. If you are claiming that you write perfect code and can
feasibly test 100% of possible scenarios before release, then I'm
sorry, but I don't believe you.
Of course I don't write perfect code and I'm always pleased to receive
bug reports. But I don't *expect* my users to do it. In final release
software, a bug should be an exception, and not something that "can
happen, you know..."
When I see that new crash dialog, I feel like I'm using weak software.
Just a matter of feeling.
Personally I think it's a good thing. Apple are encouraging their
users to file bug reports, by making it easy to do so, which is
definitely the right approach. You seem to need some encouragement,
for example ;-).
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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