Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] How non-programmers use documentation.
From: Robert Jonsson (robert.jonsson_AT_dataductus.se)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 17:13:29 EEST
Very good point.
I could not put my finger on it, but you are right, what often stops you
from sending bug reports is that you don't want to be taken for a fool :-).
BR
/Robert
dany wrote:
>Le Lundi 27 Août 2001 20:59, vous avez écrit :
>
>>> >16. Non-programmers that I talked to have never sent a bug report or a
>>> >feature request to a software company. The idea of sending one directly
>>>to >a programmer or a technical writer was a completely foreign concept.
>>>
>
>errh errh in my case (I can't use effects in grecord, it core-dumps) I don't
>want people to say "hey your machine is a mess" "oh oh you don't know how to
>install this ot that!". I'm kidding a little, but not too much.
>I believe the new filetree-standard under linux will help a lot: if I know my
>distro is compliant, if I know the prog I try to install is compliant, then I
>can say there's a bug or not. Elsewhere I'm in doubt. Shall I say I'm a bit
>scared applying the low-latency patches? I've tried but got some errors
>during compilation. So I gave up.
>
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