Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!well!wdh From: wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: How to Argue Technical Points (now documenting tail patches) Message-ID: <15117@well.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 89 22:24:27 GMT References: <2744@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> <5540@internal.Apple.COM> <15079@well.UUCP> Reply-To: wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann) Organization: Flashpoint Lines: 15 In article <15079@well.UUCP> brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher) writes: >It would be very helpful if Apple maintained list of known ROM and >system software bugs; it could be accessible, e.g., on AppleLink. Seconded. I've also tracked a number of bugs, some of which were (happily?) news to DTS folks, but a few of which weren't. I'm sure that the System Software group maintains a bug list, I guess the real issue is the politics of making such a thing public, even within the developer community. I think, though, the service to the developer community would outweigh the concerns of a perceived unreliability of system software. Face it, while the early systems were pretty robust (because not so much could go wrong), the ever- increasing complexity of the Macintosh system makes bugs a *legitimate* if unhappy fact. -Bill Hofmann