[Gambas-user] Re: BIG BUG in gb 1.9.19

[Heinz Sporn]

Am Samstag, den 03.09.2005, 16:02 +0200 schrieb Benoit Minisini:
> On Friday 02 September 2005 12:38, danielcampos at ...282... wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I recommend to not use Gambas-1.9.19, the IDE is absolutely broken, even
> > using Fabien's patch. Keep Gambas-1.9.18 in safe place!
> >
> > I think it is moment to stop that run to nowhere at full speed, and leave
> > time to fix all that is done in developement version. It is full of bugs,
> > and each time it is more difficult to collaborate in the project with that
> > continous changes without having any tool like cvs or subversion. No way to
> > continue improving things in that way, I can not guess every time what will
> > be the next change that will break all! :-((

I am just a very interessted listener to this list. But I have to say
Daniel that you found rather harsh words here. Please bear in mind that
this terrifc piece of software is the result of an OpenSource project
for crying out loud. Done by less than a handful of people who don't get
paid for this. Non-constructive critisism does really not help them.
Neither does ranting and barking: "It's full of bugs"

I suggest you help those guys telling them what exactly you think is
wrong. Or better: why don't YOU put CVS/Subversion on track and therby
contribute something nice to the project.

> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Daniel Campos
> >
> 
> I apologize for the broken development package. The break was caused by The 
> SCAN instruction I added at the last time - Something that *never* be done, 
> as you noticed. 
> 
> Moreover, I added this instruction for a test, I don't really need it at the 
> moment... It is related to the implementation of something like the 'ByRef' 
> VB keyword.
> 
> If you find that I run to nowhere at full speed, maybe it is because you don't 
> understand, mainly because I don't explain each step clearly. So please ask 
> questions and tell me when you want to know why I do that, and why I don't do 
> that, and so on...
> 
> All this information actually exists, but in different places: the slides i 
> made for the FOSDEM, the freemind roadmap on the web site, some notes in the 
> wiki...
> 
> If you find the development version full of bugs, please tell me. Generally, I 
> fix them when they are told me.
> 
> As for CVS/Subversion, I know that this is needed. There are only two 
> problems:
> 
> - I never took the time to learn CVS/Subversion, and I don't have any time at 
> the moment... :-(
> 
> - We must be able to put binary files, and I read that CVS can't deal with 
> that. And Sourceforge only provides CVS, no Subversion.
> 
> But if anybody having the knowledge makes a Subversion for gambas, no problem! 
> I will use it... And if the guy could add a bugzilla, this will be 
> perfect :-)
> 
> It just a matter of time, and having a server plugged on the internet.
> 
> Two things that I don't have at the moment. Next year should be better!
> 
> I will try to fix the packages tomorrow morning. Tomorrow evening, I am in 
> Paris, and without Internet connection :-(
> 
> Regards,
> 
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