[Opensim-users] To the developers.....

[diva at metaverseink.com]

Communication between developers and users is fine, if only users like 
you understand how the project works. If you don't understand, then 
you're in for disappointments.

No one noticed/cared that that feature was broken. You're the first one 
to notice. There are literally thousands of features, if you count the 
combinations of events from the viewer. We don't have an automated test 
suite for this monstrosity. So detecting broken features pretty much 
relies on people testing what matters to them. Breaking things that used 
to work before will happen again, as long as no one detects/cares for 
those things.

Testing is done by a much larger group than the core developers. Almost 
anyone can participate in that process. The testing process for 0.7 was 
quite organized, it took about 5 weeks from the point at which we 
created the first release candidate to the point at which we made the 
release.

If you had taken the time to participate in the testing process that 
happened for 0.7, the release probably would have that feature fixed. 
Since you didn't, no one even noticed that that feature was broken, so 
it didn't make it to the release notes.

We need more people for testing release candidates, so consider 
volunteering your time when the next one comes along.

Easy wrote:
> I know that the developers of the software do a very good job!
> But I think that the communication in terms of properties between software
> developers and users is not so good. It was removed some features and added
> again.
> Perhaps one should communicate these things.
> 
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] Im Auftrag von
> diva at metaverseink.com
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. August 2010 20:39
> An: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Betreff: Re: [Opensim-users] To the developers.....
> 
> If the new release has critical bugs for you, you should pull back to 
> the previous release. Simple.
> 
> It's *your* responsibility to make sure to test new releases thoroughly 
> before you deploy them in your production grid. OpenSimulator developers 
>   can't possibly test the thousands of features of this system, and 
> these features have different importance for different people (like, for 
> example, I personally care very little about calling cards).
> 
> Anyone supporting users should get into the habit of having a beta grid. 
> Test the new releases there, identify critical bugs (for you), report 
> them appropriately, and wait until they get fixed before you upgrade 
> your production grid.
> 
> 
> Easy wrote:
>> Hello, Yesterday I live my system updated to the 0.7. Today I had to 
>> ScrewBox that appears when you add a friend it no longer is in the 
>> folder Calling Cards. It would be nice if we can do such things 
>> somewhere once known. I have to explain to my users the situation.
>> In the Mantis one has explained to me that this feature will "soon" be 
>> restored.
>>
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>> Sorry for my bad English....
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