[swift-users] problem tracking/transparancy (Re: bugs/wishlist/features)

[ghostlands at hush.com]

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Kevin,

"We're not likely to run an open-submission bug tracker unless
things
change significantly in the project."

Understood. Thanks for commenting.

G


On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:17:29 +0300 "Kevin Smith"
<kevin at kismith.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:33 AM,  <ghostlands at hush.com> wrote:
>> When users are disinterested in any kind of persistent
>> attentiveness to the bugs they report, and prefer only immediate
>> conversations, it places a kind of clerical burden on devs. This
>is
>> not the best use of developer's time; they are best kept busy
>with
>> actual engineering instead.
>>
>> The best "combo" option I can think of is simply to offer all
>> options, and let users do what they want (you can't and
>shouldn't
>> force any volunteer to do anything). However, encourage them and
>> make it easy for them to take the action that creates the least
>> work and best quality for all concerned.
>
>All I can really say here is that we spent a number of years
>running
>the Psi project, and our experience there was that the public bug
>tracker was a drain on dev time while adding little or no value
>(and
>that was in a project with more active people than Swift has), so
>we're doing what we believe to be best for the project with Swift.
>We're not likely to run an open-submission bug tracker unless
>things
>change significantly in the project.
>
>/K
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