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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
- From: gt@rundart.demon.co.uk (Giles Todd)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!rundart.demon.co.uk!gt
- Subject: Re: DVX, Motif and file handles
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- References: <1992Dec21.200729.22912@qdeck.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:56:34 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec21.200729.22912@qdeck.com> garyrich@qdeck.com writes:
-
- >?? Why would anyone document bugs? Normally the thing to do is fix them
- >not document them. Some large software companies (especially those in the
- >Pacific Northwest) may disagree with this philosophy, but it works for us.
-
- Sometimes they are mentioned in read.me files - Zortech's C compiler
- used to be good in this regard. I agree with your philosophy that
- fixing them is more important than documenting them - however a quick
- mention that something is known about and is being worked on is often
- helpful.
-
- >>Nor are they mentioned in this newsgroup's FAQ file.
- >>The whinge is addressed in the Quartdeck Motif manual by saying (in
- >>effect) "you can't do it, chum".
- >
- >The DOCs are indeed correct in this. I always like to see that.
-
- Again - agreed. That's why I described it as a whinge on my part rather
- than anything more negative.
-
- >We will certainly look into #2-3 on this. I don't run PRINTMAN much
- >myself. Not many of us at Qdeck need a print spooler all that much, and
- >those who do are usually long time users of printq or some other spooler.
-
- Many thanks.
-
- Giles.
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