Public Bug Tracking and Open-Source Policy

Observer writes "Bugs in software are nothing new, but when they're discussed in the open, how do open source projects adapt policy? A major regression in the Gnome project's session manager has seen some major distributions choose to refuse to follow the update rather than drop a major feature. Between Gnome's public bug tracker and similar trackers from distributions which released (and still distribute) the buggy version, months of debate provide an interesting case-study in the way front-line users and developers interact for better or for worse. What lessons can be learned here for release planning, bug triage, and marketing for a major open source project?"

Re:Common developer problem

[Anonymous Coward]

Good developers don't care. Said user can go back to his C64 and stop complaining. Everyone else can have progress.

Re:Common developer problem

[justinlee37]

Not because I enjoy forking

Don't kid yourself, this is slashdot. You and all the other geeks here would love to do some forking.