On Nov 4, 2005, at 6:58 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Martin's point is generally very valid, but in the case of the
> 2.2.0 release remarkably few of the bugs found since release were
> new in 2.2.0.
> One thing we have learnt is that none of the testers seem to look
> at HTML help (which
Martin's point is generally very valid, but in the case of the 2.2.0
release remarkably few of the bugs found since release were new in 2.2.0.
One thing we have learnt is that none of the testers seem to look at HTML
help (which accounts for 2 of the 4 2.2.0-only bugs I counted).
What we need mo
[...]
> Maybe we (the R-foundation) should give serious thoughts to
> offer prizes for valid bug reports during alpha and beta
> testing. These could include
> - Reduced fee for 'useR' and 'DSC' conferences
> - being listed as helpful person in R's 'THANKS' file
> {but that may not entice those
[Mainly for R-foundation members; but kept in public for general
brainstorming...]
> "Simon" == Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> on Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:16:25 -0500 writes:
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Simon> As Brian was saying, the error was fixed in R
Simon> immediately afte
