From: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
To: Steve Jenkin <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Has this been discussed on-list? How Unix changed Software.
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 10:42:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABH=_VT6V4exjy-WsrBnS3wACWw+xZip=331qQytbS_oKH4BvQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8DDF5A51-AABF-41AF-993C-4D087903BDC9@canb.auug.org.au>
On 9/7/22, Steve Jenkin <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> Would your folk ship code with a list of outstanding bug reports?
** Everyone ** ships code with known bugs. If you insist on getting
things perfect your code never gets out the door. At some point you
have to decide that what you have is good enough to be released.
The trick is to decide what constitutes "good enough". Some of it
depends on your target application and user base. What's good enough
for Hunt the Wumpus may well not be good enough for process control
software for a pacemaker or nuclear reactor. And if you're producing
software for commercial sale, marketing and business factors enter the
mix as well.
> I don’t think Ken & Dennis did that.
OTOH I'm certain that they did.
-Paul W.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-08 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-06 15:07 Douglas McIlroy
2022-09-06 17:13 ` Larry McVoy
2022-09-07 1:40 ` steve jenkin
2022-09-07 2:33 ` segaloco via TUHS
2022-09-07 4:08 ` Steve Jenkin
2022-09-07 13:08 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2022-09-07 14:56 ` Larry McVoy
2022-09-07 21:27 ` Steve Jenkin
2022-09-07 22:36 ` Larry McVoy
2022-09-08 14:42 ` Paul Winalski [this message]
2022-09-08 15:02 ` Larry McVoy
2022-09-08 15:04 ` ron minnich
2022-09-08 15:52 ` Warner Losh
2022-09-08 16:47 ` Paul Winalski
2022-09-08 16:50 ` segaloco via TUHS
2022-09-08 17:58 ` ron minnich
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-09-06 19:04 Douglas McIlroy
2022-09-05 23:48 [TUHS] " steve jenkin
2022-09-06 16:09 ` [TUHS] " Marc Donner
2022-09-07 4:00 ` steve jenkin
2022-09-07 14:58 ` John Cowan
2022-09-07 17:13 ` Paul Winalski
2022-09-08 14:12 ` Paul Winalski
2022-09-07 5:15 ` steve jenkin
2022-09-07 13:20 ` Dan Cross
2022-09-07 13:52 ` Steve Nickolas
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