Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.4bsd:1424 comp.unix.wizards:18423 comp.sources.d:4124 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ginosko!aplcen!haven!adm!cmcl2!phri!cooper!hak From: hak@cooper.cooper.EDU (Jeff Hakner ) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards,comp.sources.d Subject: BSD bugs -- round 2 Message-ID: <1807@cooper.cooper.EDU> Date: 1 Oct 89 21:59:23 GMT Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY) Lines: 36 Now that the first wave of reaction to my original posting ("Bugs in the BSD sources ??") has subsided, I shall move forward. First, let's summarize what we have learned thusfar: 1) One poster errantly assessed my posting to be a complaint about the existence of bugs in software. Obviously, there DNE software s.t. lim (t-->inf) failures(t)=0. What I was concerned about is the apparent fact that this software is being released without first being compiled, let alone tested. 2) It is generally agreed upon (by me as well) that we should be thankful that this software exists at all. Clearly, we ought to appreciate the efforts of its authors. 3) However, I still do not understand how these kinds of bugs could be distributed. My typical development cycle goes: think-->write code-->compile-->run-->find bugs-+ ^---------------------------------------------| | / package <-------------------- v double-check v release to the universe What seems to be happening here is: make working release-->create some previous delta release that doesn't work-->release that 4) How can we obtain the correct sources? No one has yet answered this question. Let the second round begin! Jeff Hakner Cooper Union