[mythtv-users] Why Free Software has poor usability ?

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Tue Aug 5 06:30:04 UTC 2008


> Brian Wood wrote:
>>> * Design suggestions often aren't invited or welcomed.
>>
>> Well those first 3 certainly do not apply to the MythTV project.
>
> Can we add fixing bugs?
> Perhaps it is a-typical, but the `memory leak` thingie did not go too
> well. And still doesn't.
>
> Even when we reproduce the 'MythTV records but doesn't write mpegs'
> issue the memory consumption goes up steadily.
> I.e.: we see assumed leaks and we see a lack of error checking.
>
> Who is assuming lead in making sure that this piece of free software
> uses part of the resources to make stuff less buggy?

I think this is very apt

http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-bug-report-to-rule-them-all.html




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