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- From: DMARTIN@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA
- Subject: Re: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.151201.22766@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:00:46 GMT
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- ------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
- > From: bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden)
- > Agreed - you can't get all of the bugs out. You can however get the major
- > ones out, and the minor ones down below a certain, prespecified level.
- >...
- > I disagree. We have the capability today to set an acceptable bug level
- > before the release, then not release until we have reached that level.
-
- Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean by a "bug level", but I'm having
- difficulty with what you propose. WHAT IS an "acceptable bug level", defined
- so that I know when I have reached it? You can't simply ask that there be
- no more than x "minor bugs" present in the software - that gets you into
- a variation of the issue of proving software correct (How can I possibly KNOW
- that I am down to x "minor bugs" and 0 "major bugs"?).
-
- Please understand, I AM in agreement with your philosophy; I'd just like to
- see a usable definition.
-
- Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Saturnalia, etc. etc.!
-