Sometimes I report a bug & the dev starts off asking for more details. But then there’s a kind of scope of effort creep where you start to realize you’re being tricked into finding where in the code the problem is so you can fix the bug.

It’s a bit of social engineering of sorts. When I post a bug, I do that from the back seat of the car. And it’s like the dev sits in the backseat as well while coercing me into the front seat. So sometimes there’s a bit of weasel words and nuances with sneaky wording that needs to be deployed in order to stay in the backseat while trying to get the dev into the front seat where they belong!

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
    17·
    1 year ago

    Are you a paying customer? If so, I understand completely.

    Is this free software? The dev is a bigger volunteer than you.

    • activistPnk@slrpnk.netOP
      112·
      1 year ago

      Are you a paying customer?

      Testers and bug reporters are not paying customers. They are volunteer CONTRIBUTORS.

      If so, I understand completely.

      Obviously not.

      The dev is a bigger volunteer than you.

      Nonsense. Contributors are equals. Exceptionally, devs who demand that testers also fix the software are notably smaller (managers, effectively).

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
        71·
        1 year ago

        So you did not pay, but you are BOLDFACING your volunteer contribution over the much larger contributions of the developers.

        • activistPnk@slrpnk.netOP
          19·
          1 year ago

          So you did not pay,

          And? Of course testers do not pay money. Why would they? Devs do not pay for the tester’s work either. Both developers and testers are volunteers who do not pay the other for their work. On free software projects testers and devs pay with their own labor.

          much larger contributions of the developers.

          It is not “much larger” for a dev to task the tester to implement the fix. The dev is no more than a manager in this case.

            • activistPnk@slrpnk.netOP
              13·
              1 year ago

              Did I say incomplete? You’ll have to quote where you get that from.

              Compare like with like. You can have incomplete code, and you can have incomplete bug reports. Neither are relevant here.

                • activistPnk@slrpnk.netOP
                  15·
                  1 year ago

                  What bug report? There’s no bug single report in particular to speak of. I’ve filed hundreds if not thousands of bug reports over the years. The post is a reflection of a subset of those experiences.

                  When a developer asks a tester to look at a module in the source code, that is not a consequence of a “half assed bug report”. It’s the contrary. When a dev knows a particular module of code is suspect, the bug report served well in giving a detailed idea of what the issue is.