Re: [Suggestion] GNUstep-test for quality control

[Dennis Leeuw]

Maybe we should get more core developers. Would it be an idea to open up 
for more people to help on the core. Maybe by not requiring them to sign 
over the copyright to the FSF

Just an idea.

Dennis

Ian Jones wrote:


> Savannah works just fine, but maybe it could be publicised a bit more, 
> for instance I never knew about it until a couple of months ago. The 
> first and only bug I posted on there is the one about the recursive 
> thread locking that seemed to spark this whole conversation.
> I think you'll find people don't mind spending a couple of minutes to 
> make a bug report as long as they feel something is going to be achieved 
> by it. I got a little frustrated because after adding the bug to 
> savannah along with a backtrace it it was dismissed by one developer 
> before Alex Malmberg took a look at it and managed to come up with a fix 
> which stopped the recursive thread locking I was experiencing.
>
> I'm also not against testing frameworks and the like, but I don't think 
> they are any substitute for people using and developing with GNUstep, it 
> seems like the application developers are the ones who are suffering 
> most. They discover bugs in GNUstep and either have to fix them 
> themselves and get a gnustep developer to apply their fixes or wait for 
> a developer to get around to looking into the problem they are 
> experiencing. Often these problems make the application and or the 
> developer of the application look bad when in fact it is not their fault 
> their application is crashing or exhibiting strange behaviour.
> In the past I have wondered how many people who develop gnustep 
> applications or GNUstep actually use these applications in every day 
> life. I have thought this to myself on a number of occasions when things 
> just don't work as they should or fail to work at all. Often it has felt 
> like gnustep apps are nothing more than something to play with on a 
> sunday afternoon. I know this isn't the case for all applications, but 
> it is the feeling given by some.