{"id":1460,"date":"2022-10-14T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.great-white-software.com\/blog\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:29:48","slug":"watch-what-they-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.great-white-software.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/14\/watch-what-they-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch what they do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What we as users get told is “report your issues, upvote them as this influences priorities”
So many do ; or did. I’ve got far too many people telling me I just gave up reporting them as they never get fixed<\/em>. From names that if I listed them would surprise people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I still use Xojo for client projects I report bugs and tell my clients to advocate for them getting fixed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So report them upvote them and … they dont get put on a milestone to get fixed ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several open bugs with more upvotes than open reports that are assigned to milestones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The top 3 open bugs have higher popularity than the items assigned to 2022r4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 6 open bugs are at least the same popularity as the top two items assigned to 2022r4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust me I know the “dodge” that gets rolled out Its not the only criteria we use<\/em>. Sure but what criteria DO get used ? How else do you judge how many people might be affected if not by upvotes ? The IDE doesn’t report back how many people use XYZ in their code so how else can you judge the impact ? The number of duplicate reports ? Even Issues isn’t any better at detecting those than any prior system was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally I’d like a less “hand wavy ignore the man behind the curtain” way of knowing how to influence priorities. Make upvotes ACTUALLY count for what gets put into a milestone. Clear prioritization criteria would be VERY welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I’ve often been told “Watch what they do. Not what they say.”
We’re told to report upvote etc
Yet that isn’t what we see getting addressed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can see why people just give up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What we as users get told is “report your issues, upvote them as this influences priorities”So many do ; or did. I’ve got far too many people telling me I just gave up reporting them as they never get fixed. From names that if I listed them would surprise people. Since I still use Xojo … <\/p>\n

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