[wp-hackers] Fixing Bugs

[Martin at Cleaver.org]

Indeed, unless a system gets documentation, to explain and put rigour into
the model of how it should work, bugs will continue to get through the
cracks.

Martin.

On 8/27/07, jacobsantos at branson.com <jacobsantos at branson.com> wrote:
>
> I like this idea, but I think it has more to do with users submitting
> patches for bugs. Which I think is what the bug hunts are all about,
> finding and submitting patches.
>
> I also think that reasons should be given when closing as invalid or
> wontfix. It is good bug handling in my opinion and something that won't
> annoy those who submit bugs. Some bugs marked as won't fix or invalid
> mean that the bug is external to the application that can't be fixed
> easily. However, making it clear what the developers intention was would
> go a long way.
>
> There will never be any release in any application where everything
> works. However, fixing what bugs we have now would be an awesome idea!
> Documenting the code should go along with this idea.
>
> Jacob Santos
>
> Geoffrey Sneddon wrote:
> > The number in bugs in WP has grown steadily over several years, yet
> > the number of unfixed ones increasing quicker still. We need a release
> > that is stable. We need a release where everything _works_. Can we
> > have one release which includes _nothing_ but bug fixes. There are 409
> > open bugs according to trac (and I expect there are others marked as
> > wontfix/invalid without reason). There are some massively annoying
> > bugs for users, not least things like being unable to use IRIs in
> > sanitised content (#4570, target 2.4).
> >
> >
> >
> > - Geoffrey Sneddon
> >
> >
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