Re: Workeffort Bug vs New Feature

Posted by Jacopo Cappellato on Jun 14, 2007; 10:25pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Workeffort-Bug-vs-New-Feature-tp181847p181852.html

Adrian,

in my opinion OFBIZ-1069 could go in the release; OFBIZ-1079 should not.
However I really think that it is very important to maintain a relaxed,
positive and constructive attitude between us especially when we
disagree or have different opinion.

Jacopo


Adrian Crum wrote:

> David E Jones wrote:
>>
>> The primary goal of a release branch is to stabilize current
>> functionality.
>>
>> Generally a very important part of that is to not introduce new
>> functionality that might cause new bugs. That doesn't mean everything
>> one might want or that might be implied in the data model or other
>> parts of the system will work as expected, it just means that
>> everything that IS implemented will function.
>>
>> Some things are difficult to decide on, but remember the first
>> priority is stabilization.
>>
>> -David
>
> In other words, it's okay for the system to function incorrectly, as
> long as it consistently functions incorrectly.
>
> ;)
>
> If you prefer to keep the Workeffort calendar broken, that's fine with
> me. When new users ask why release version 4 has only 29 days in
> November, I can point them to this discussion and let them know that
> November 30th was a new feature that didn't make it into the release.
>
>>
>>
>> Adrian Crum wrote:
>>
>>> Moving this to a new thread. I apologize for the threadjack Scott.
>>>
>>> I'm puzzled. A Workeffort screen displays a calendar incorrectly and
>>> I submit a patch that fixes it. How is that a new feature?
>>>
>>> It sounds to me like bug fixes are okay as long as they don't
>>> introduce new code. What if fixing a bug requires new code?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15/06/07, Tim Ruppert <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>>  >
>>>  > Then I guess it depends on whether or not the rest of the fix is
>>> indeed
>>>  > fixing a bug or new features :)
>>>  >
>>>  > Cheers,
>>>  > Tim
>>>  > --
>>>  > Tim Ruppert
>>>  > HotWax Media
>>>  > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>  >
>>>  > o:801.649.6594
>>>  > f:801.649.6595
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  > On Jun 14, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  > From my perspective, having two 4ths and only 29 days in November
>>> is a
>>>  > bug.
>>>  >
>>>  > David E Jones wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  > I don't know... that's a fairly big change and in a very real way
>>>  > supporting DST changes is a new feature...
>>>  > That's my opinion anyway. Doesn't this also depend on a fair
>>> amount of
>>>  > other new functionality?
>>>  > -David
>>>  > Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  > Scott,
>>>  >
>>>  > This isn't already committed, but it needs to go into both -
>>>  >
>>>  > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1069
>>>  >
>>>  > -Adrian
>>>  >
>>>  > Scott Gray wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  > Hi All,
>>>  >
>>>  > I'll be reviewing the last fortnight's trunk commits for merging
>>> back to
>>>  > the
>>>  > release branch tonight, so if anyone knows of any trunk commits that
>>>  > should
>>>  > be merged it would be great if you could post them here.
>>>  >
>>>  > Thanks
>>>  > Scott
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>
>>>
>>