worst release ever?

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 15 January 2009 13:29:02 Neal Becker wrote:
> On Thursday 15 January 2009, José Matos wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 January 2009 12:56:54 Claude Jones wrote:
> > > Your subject line is dismissive, and insulting, of the hours and
> > > hours of work of many individuals and isn't going to help you get
> > > support - it could be true, but until you provide some data that others
> > > can replicate, you're just barking at the moon.
> >
> > Come on, you could have said the same thing in a different tone. :-)
> >
> > Neal usually reports bug as can be seen by reading mailing list archives,
> > and the title can be understood as the frustration of having a major
> > component of kde (kontact) crashing.
> >
> > It does not hurt to be a little bit tolerant, the subject of this thread
> > is a question and not a statement. To that question I have answered "No,
> > IMHO this is the best release ever".
> >
> > Those who have used kmail and have never been mad with it please throw
> > the first stone. ;-)
>
> Sorry if I was unclear.  The message is, that if the general population of
> kde users has a similar experience to myself, there are going to be a lot
> of problems.  I am _far_ more tolerant and willing to experiment than the
> general population.  Also, email is really vital.  Crashes in that are
> almost unacceptable to most users (IMO).
> 
Beta and RC releases are entirely so that such issues can be found and 
addressed.  However, vague claims are no help at all.  You really must find 
logs or other evidence and attach it to bug reports.

Anne
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