On 2011.08.31 19:00, Konstantin Svist wrote:
On 08/30/2011 05:35 PM, Jack wrote:
On 2011.08.30 20:01, Konstantin Svist wrote:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281072
--- Comment #3 from Konstantin Svist <fry kun gmail com>
2011-08-31 00:01:08 ---
I've noticed these crashes too. Maybe you should put that issue
into errata.
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To the list and not the bug.
Definitely an interesting thought, but where would we publish it?
By the time it would be included in the next version, most of the
bugs are fixed. We still need to consolidate and update the
information on our various web pages, but I suppose it could be put
with the FAQ page. The main problem I see is that anybody who would
take the time to hunt down such a page would probably also be
willing to check the bug list, unless we can reference it more
prominently in several places (in the manual, on the help/about
dialog, and on our main web pages.)
I think at the moment, this list and the user list constitute what
there is of an errata.
Jack
Actually, I've found that it's pretty hard to navigate bug lists and
mailing lists for the average user. Problem is too much information
and to be able to sift through it you have to know what to look for
(often that implies knowing the programmers' slang).
Unfortunately true. Not as bad for the users' list, and it's very
acceptable to ask if a strange behavior you just found is really a bug.
What I was thinking of is something like Fedora's errata page (e.g.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F15_bugs). It lists in plain
English two dozen or so common bugs for the given version. Users can
quickly check it for the bug they're struggling with, before
reporting to bug tracker, etc.
We'd have to keep a separate list for each version. I think I'll add
this to my "todo" list for the documentation, but I'm not sure how long
it will percolate before bubbling to the top.
As for leaving it until the new version - Fedora 15 (current) for
some reason isn't even updating to 4.6.0. Even if you release the new
fixed version today, they might not push it out until F16, several
months later. Worse yet, lots of users don't always update to the
latest distro and get left behind
Definitely a problem - but we do have a list of where you can get more
recent versions of KMM for various distributions. I suspect there are
ways to get a recent version for most distros, even without having to
compile yourself. However, your point about how many folks don't
upgrade either apps or distros is definitely valid.
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