Re: Follow-up to listfiles bug report ...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
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texte = As you probably saw from Scott's posting on GREP, we've been looking intothe source of the current GREP library and what information we can dig up.Whether we are able to more fully document the current library, or choose tointegrate a new one that is more comprehensive, is something we have to talkabout and decide upon a course of action. I'll also discuss the folderissue further and see what options are possible.I'll post an update when I have more information.Phil B. -----Original Message-----From: Bob Minor [mailto:bob@cybermill.com] Sent:Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:25 PMTo:WebDNA TalkSubject:Re: Follow-up to listfiles bug report ...I can't say I care too much about 4.5 on classic, but what about GREP? Ken's been asking for the grep manual for awhile and I would love to see it as well.Also would like a fix for the problem in v5.0 where the unix people can still specify the "folder" for mail pickup but windows people cannot. If you just mess it up for unix folks I will be just as happy that they had to write work around code too!Robert MinorOn Nov 18, 2003, at 1:18 PM, Phillip Bonesteele wrote:> This is never a black and> white decision point, i.e., fix every bug possible in old versions at > the> cost of new features that would expand the market and customer base > for the> product, or focus solely on new features but sacrifice the credibility > with> your installed base with a lack of bug fixes.> It is always a cost/benefit tradeoff that has to be looked at on a > case by> case basis, i.e., the severity of the bug, the cross-section of > customers> potentially affected, the amount of effort required to fix it, the> availability of work-arounds, and what other projects, whether new > features> or other maintenance items, would be impacted by redirecting resources > to a> particular problem.> In this case, the bug is specific to 4.5 running on a Classic Mac> environment, which is less than 10% of the installed base running 4.X.-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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As you probably saw from Scott's posting on GREP, we've been looking intothe source of the current GREP library and what information we can dig up.Whether we are able to more fully document the current library, or choose tointegrate a new one that is more comprehensive, is something we have to talkabout and decide upon a course of action. I'll also discuss the folderissue further and see what options are possible.I'll post an update when I have more information.Phil B. -----Original Message-----From: Bob Minor [mailto:bob@cybermill.com] Sent:Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:25 PMTo:WebDNA TalkSubject:Re: Follow-up to listfiles bug report ...I can't say I care too much about 4.5 on classic, but what about GREP? Ken's been asking for the grep manual for awhile and I would love to see it as well.Also would like a fix for the problem in v5.0 where the unix people can still specify the "folder" for mail pickup but windows people cannot. If you just mess it up for unix folks I will be just as happy that they had to write work around code too!Robert MinorOn Nov 18, 2003, at 1:18 PM, Phillip Bonesteele wrote:> This is never a black and> white decision point, i.e., fix every bug possible in old versions at > the> cost of new features that would expand the market and customer base > for the> product, or focus solely on new features but sacrifice the credibility > with> your installed base with a lack of bug fixes.> It is always a cost/benefit tradeoff that has to be looked at on a > case by> case basis, i.e., the severity of the bug, the cross-section of > customers> potentially affected, the amount of effort required to fix it, the> availability of work-arounds, and what other projects, whether new > features> or other maintenance items, would be impacted by redirecting resources > to a> particular problem.> In this case, the bug is specific to 4.5 running on a Classic Mac> environment, which is less than 10% of the installed base running 4.X.-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail toWeb Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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