Comments on: On Library Maintenance http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/ Former Open Source programmer with experience at companies like IBM and Apple. Now a UI Designer with an education in Cognitive Science and Human-Computer Interaction. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nave http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-77911 Nave Fri, 25 May 2007 12:24:15 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-77911 I really think that if those people are so rude and naive, you should just stop supporting their library. I really think that if those people are so rude and naive, you should just stop supporting their library.

]]> By: julian/blog » Blog Archive » Time and Time Again http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-6407 julian/blog » Blog Archive » Time and Time Again Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:17:40 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-6407 Gee, this bug looks awfully familiar. Now, maybe if I had had a company paying me [...] Gee, this bug looks awfully familiar. Now, maybe if I had had a company paying me […]

]]> By: Jiří Veruněk http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-226 Jiří Veruněk Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:07:06 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-226 What about inherit the BaseGabberWindow from the Glib::Object. It has reference() and unreference() too. I am not sure if that will work, but it seems ok. What about inherit the BaseGabberWindow from the Glib::Object. It has reference() and unreference() too. I am not sure if that will work, but it seems ok.

]]> By: alizz http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-170 alizz Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:10:21 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-170 I don't want to comment on the library or whatsoever because I'm just an ignorant little person. But the Murray guy up there, your website has no taste -- I haven't seen somebody with such a nice background that would make people dizzy in such a long time! Congratulations for having such good taste. I don’t want to comment on the library or whatsoever because I’m just an ignorant little person. But the Murray guy up there, your website has no taste — I haven’t seen somebody with such a nice background that would make people dizzy in such a long time!
Congratulations for having such good taste.

]]> By: Murray Cumming http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-169 Murray Cumming Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:45:38 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-169 < Most likely in reference to the subject of maintaining a somewhat important library No, I was talking about things like Nautilus. There's a lot of loud and uniformed public comment about it. < I’d go further and suggest that when an application breaks due to < changes in a maintainer’s library (during a stable release series, no < less) For the nth time, there is no such breakage. If you still think that there is breakage then submit a bug with a test case, just like anybody else would. Nobody is keeping a secret from you, and nobody has added a special feature intended to make your application crash, so there's no point in repeatedly asking for advice about how to cope with a breakage after repeatedly being told that there is no such breakage. I even gave you advice about how to investigate your application's problems. You know what to do. < Most likely in reference to the subject of maintaining a somewhat important library

No, I was talking about things like Nautilus. There’s a lot of loud and uniformed public comment about it.

< I’d go further and suggest that when an application breaks due to
< changes in a maintainer’s library (during a stable release series, no
< less)

For the nth time, there is no such breakage. If you still think that there is breakage then submit a bug with a test case, just like anybody else would. Nobody is keeping a secret from you, and nobody has added a special feature intended to make your application crash, so there’s no point in repeatedly asking for advice about how to cope with a breakage after repeatedly being told that there is no such breakage. I even gave you advice about how to investigate your application’s problems. You know what to do.

]]> By: alizz http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-166 alizz Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:17:01 +0000 http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/25/on-library-maintenance/#comment-166 I really think that if those people are so rude and naive, you should just stop supporting their library. It's not like their library is the only workable one on earth. I really think that if those people are so rude and naive, you should just stop supporting their library.
It’s not like their library is the only workable one on earth.

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