oracle dev and policies towards fixing bugs
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:27:33 -0500
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Good day, all,
I am trying to figure out if my expectations are way too high, or if the state of development in general has simply gone astray.
While exploring the Provisioning Procedures in 11g Enterprise Manager, I found a simple typo on one of the screens. Since it is not often that I find typos in a world-class production product (*tongue in cheek*), I filed an SR. This morning, I was asked if I can upgrade my 11g Enterprise Manager to 12c because, apparently, the typo is not in that version.
I was utterly flabbergasted!
On the one hand, I am flummoxed as to why Oracle thinks that upgrading is the ultimate panacea to all bugs. Really? They expect me to upgrade to 12c just because of a stupid typo?!?
On the other hand, there seems to be no desire or intention to fix bugs in the currently supported versions. This is a behavior I have seen prevalent in the database product as well. Oh for the days when a product was actually stabilized and supported for "long time", instead of the never-ending upgrade hell.
Ironically, the title of my SR is "How hard is it to fix typos in EM?" I guess the answer is "VERY VERY HARD!!"
Let me know if my glass is depressingly half-empty. :) Sometimes a little perspective goes a long way.
For a dose of "positiveness", I will readily acknowledge that I know many Devs are working hard to create (and fix) some really awesome things. I do not mean to imply they are "evil" at all. In fact, perhaps my angst is better directed at those who make the policies and decisions.
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Charles Schultz
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Received on Sun Apr 21 2013 - 16:27:33 CEST