[asterisk-users] Discussion: Are we ready to leave 1.4 behind?

[Ira]

At 03:48 PM 4/28/2011, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
> > I would comment that I've been complaining about this since RC1 or 2
> > and if you just fixed it in 2 hours that there is something seriously
> > wrong with the bug tracking system. I mean, I reported it a long
> > time ago and while it was probably not the best bug report ever, I
> > would have been more than willing to do almost anything to help fix
> > it. I know what beta tester means, I've beta tested disk defraggers
>
>I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with the bug 
>tracking system.  It's more of a resource issue with many 
>conflicting priorities.  Officially letting off some of the pressure 
>from older branches does help.  I would like to be making faster 
>progress through bug reports and patches.  I do have an open 
>position for another full time Asterisk developer at Digium in case 
>anyone is interested.  :-)

OK, maybe not, but if I thought it was a bug and you discover it was 
a bug and fix it, than who was it who decided it wasn't a bug 15 
minutes after I put it in the bug tracker and why did that person 
have that much power?  Look, I know things take time to fix and test, 
I have no problem with that and I know users report things that 
aren't bugs as bugs.  I develop software and my users do all those 
annoying things too, but I can't slap them down like that if I expect 
them to continue being customers. And I know the people who do this 
are volunteers, but my software is free, so I'm a volunteer too.

Look, I'm not complaining, I'm happy with trunk and I don't care any 
more if 1.8 ever works. If it was up to me I'd say abandon it and 
move on, but it's not up to me. I only brought it up again because of 
the thread about the usability of 1.8.

Asterisk made an amazing change in my life and solved problems in 
ways I never imagined possible before accidently discovering it 5 years ago.

If nothing else, the ability to not have any phone but my wife's ring 
when the annoying members of her family call is worth every penny I 
spent on the hardware.

Ira