Re: [libreoffice-users] Why is Impress screwed up with EVERY release?

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>wrote:

> On 2013-02-25 8:35 AM, Thorsten Behrens <thb@documentfoundation.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Stephan P. wrote:
> >
> > > Honestly, how does this happen? If nobody is working on Impress to even
> > > check these absolutely basic things, be honest enough about it and drop
> > > it
> > > from LO. But constantly, with every release, breaking things that worked
> > > fine is plain ridiculous.
>  There is a quite a range of possibilities here - QA volunteers
> > focusing more on other applications, platform specific problems,
> > document-specific bugs etc etc. The best advice to give at this point
> > probably is: get involved with our QA team! E.g. it could be you
> > running a handful of regression tests, on your platform, with your
> > files, prior to releases.
>
> One other thing...
>
> Are the problems you are experiencing happening with just this one
> document? Or does it happen with multiple other documents?
>
> Were the problem documents created originally in LibO (or OOo)?
>
> What format are the documents? Ie, are they .odp? .ppt? .pptx?

I didn't read the whole thread as I just have a lot on my plate but being
involved with QA I have a few points;

1) are these reported as bug reports?

2) is it one document or all documents?

then please note:

3) Writer and Spreadsheet account for about 75% of our use base (if you
look at number of bugs reported against writer and spreadsheet you'll get
an idea of how popular they are). Because the vast number of our developers
work for FREE we have to prioritize and get to bugs that impact the largest
number of users. We have very few developers who know the presentation
code, those ones do a tremendous amount of work and should be thanked by
everyone for the service they provide.

4) If you want to contribute (either by developing, helping QA or giving
money) it may help get bugs squashed faster - there are plenty to go around
;)

Best,
Joel


-- 
*Joel Madero*
LibreOffice QA Volunteer
jmadero.dev@gmail.com

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