[Asterisk-Dev] asterisk "stable"?

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Monday 02 May 2005 13:50, Andy wrote:
> On 02/05/2005 at 13:18 Brian Capouch wrote:
> >Travis wrote:
> >> Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> >>><frustrated>
> >>
> >> Admittedly I am new to this community, so as an observer thus far,
> >> I can say that I have come to see everyone seems to expect all of
> >> the features but do none of the work.  Then it usually returns to
> >> grumpy complaints about how asterisk developers are not good, etc,
> >> etc.  Then it usually turns into a Digium shitfest thereafter.
>
> >He should go back to whomever he paid for this software and bitch
> > his butt off.
>
> Sorry but this and your last para, are just irrelavant, the
> equivalent of FOAD. Asterisk developers like to do new stuff, fixing
> bugs isn't as 'sexy' as creating then next WFD feature...

It's not just that; it's that creating new features is a lot easier than
tracking down an obscure bug that isn't always readily repeatable.
Bugs which cause seemingly random crashes are among the most
difficult to solve.

And on another note, the reason that many developers do not document
their code is that, while in the midst of documentation, something seems
just boneheaded, and we get sidetracked fixing it, rather than simply
documenting the boneheadedness.  There's something to be said for
both sides, here.  On one hand, we don't end up documenting our bugs
and relying upon the bugs; on the other hand, we don't have complete
documentation.

-- 
Tilghman