Re: Ranting about JVM's default memory limits...
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Peter Duniho wrote:
On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:56:39 -0700, Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
wrote:
So, what, you want Apple should release software with so many bugs it
needs monthly bug fixes? :)
And besides, a more-frequent release cycle necessarily leads to more
bugs overall. Every time the code gets touched, whether to fix bugs or
add features, that introduces a new opportunity to add more bugs.
Which then need to be fixed again later.
True, but i don't see that the frequency of releases has any bearing on
that. If i'm adding 100 features a year, does it make a difference if i
make a 100-feature release once a year or a 25-feature release once a
quarter?
But IMHO the bottom line here is that an OS that's not even a year old
should not need to be on its sixth revision already (we're not talking
minor patches...these are version # updates).
As i'm sure you're aware, what constitutes a version number update is
entirely arbitrary (and as long-term Mac users can testify, particularly
arbitrary when it comes to MacOS versions - 7.5, anyone?). Apple have
decided that every software update will bump the minormost version number.
Would you be happier if they kept that the same and called it something
like "10.4.0 SP7"?
I entirely agree that Apple has not been speedy enough about fixing bugs
in come cases, particularly security-related ones.
Or in thinking they've fixed such bugs, only to find that they haven't (see
the recent DNS vulnerability, for example).
It's a hard time to love a Mac. :(
Luckily, Microsoft are doing their level best to help!
tom
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