From: John Summerfield <summer-bdq14YP6qtSeVB85EesmETSf8X3wrgjD@public.gmane.org>
To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Re: making progress with ACPI was: ACPI small patch update
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:36:44 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200210310934.51781.acpi@computerdatasafe.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200210300712.g9U7CFD04441-sBhUd1W9t4xfrO0PeCDDO4ECbGbo6+O1OOFObY0sJ7w@public.gmane.org>
Sorry Jens
Will someone please fix this list?
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:12, Jens Haug wrote:
> > I do agree. The more people do not want other to look/critic their code,
> > the more they pretend what they do is a kind of black art, and do not
> > document it or make design document :-) Fixing bug is annoying, making a
> > new release and advising to report a problem on it is so more fun.
>
> I don't think this is about fun. There are people getting paid by
> Intel for this, aren't they? Would you like it if your boss could
> have a look at a list of mistakes you made in your job? Man, I sure
> am glad there's no list with *my* mistakes! Yes, I know that bugs
> are perfectly normal in such projects, no need to be ashamed. But
> maybe their boss doesn't know that?
> Just speculating here...
Unless my memory fails me, the name Andy Grover's been associated with Intel
for quite a while.
Frankly, I reckon any boss fit to manage an IT project has BTDT and will
understand that bugs arise.
He would also understand that one of the best ways of locating them is peer
code review, and a free peer code review is a gift not to be sneezed at.
Fun? I've been working with computers for over three decads because its fun.
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-30 7:12 Re: making progress with ACPI was: ACPI small patch update Jens Haug
2002-10-30 9:06 ` Valette Eric
2002-10-30 12:50 ` Derek Broughton
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2002-10-30 16:18 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-10-31 1:36 ` John Summerfield [this message]
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2002-10-31 7:21 Jens Haug
2002-10-30 9:25 Jens Haug
2002-10-30 9:29 ` Valette Eric
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2002-10-30 9:44 ` Markus Gaugusch
2002-10-31 1:43 ` John Summerfield
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2002-10-29 18:23 ` Huw Hawkins
[not found] ` <m2d6pure9h.fsf@tnuctip.rychter.com>
2002-10-29 22:29 ` Valette Eric
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