[Compcomm] CompComm Digest, Vol 3, Issue 67

[Will Farrington]

Mike Dransfield wrote:
> Franz Rogar wrote:
>   
>> 2007/6/18, RYX <ryx at ryxperience.com>:
>>   
>>     
>>> Am Montag, den 18.06.2007, 13:05 -0400 schrieb nesl247:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> RYX, if you're using quick reply and losing your posts, that's the
>>>> mod, and I can't make the author fix anything.
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Maybe you could just add a big red note above the quickpost-box which
>>> says: "Warning - you can lose your posts when using this!".
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Or maybe you can discuss it on an human way and not as an animal. As example:
>>
>> "That mod is wrong. At me moment, we can't fix it or we're waiting for
>> the author to fix it. Meanwhile, we suggest using "reply" instead of
>> "quick reply".
>>   
>>     
> Wouldn't it be better to just remove it if it has that many bugs?
>
> Maybe wait until those bugs are fixed?  The notice could be
>
> "Sorry the quick reply feature was removed because it was losing
> peoples posts, we aim to reinstall it once the critical bugs are
> worked out"
>
>   
>> That mod was installed because COMMUNITY asked for it."
>>   
>>     
> Thats why its sometimes a good idea to appoint an expert to
> oversee and accept/reject these requests.
>
>   
>>   
>>     
>>> Or maybe you just don't install mods which have such critical bugs?
>>> Especially if you are already aware of them.
>>>
>>> Sorry to say, but this is a situation where a slightly more
>>> "professional attitude" would have saved all this trouble. Something
>>> like that just should NEVER happen.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Tired of writing anything else.
>>   
>>     
> He is right, things like that should not just happen
>   

Mike is exactly right about this, as is Rico.

Alex - To be honest, the only thing I really want to say is "told you 
so". You constantly cited your experience running phpBB fora, and of PHP 
code, yet, not only are you trying to play off an _RC_ as a stable 
release, but as soon as a bug is found (not even starting on how 
quick-reply shouldn't be an add-on hack - it should be installed by 
default), you've thrown your hands up in the air and said "Well it's not 
a stable release!"

If you're going to take a stance on something, don't flip-flop the 
minute someone shows you're wrong.