"Save text" saves text of different message or no

alex · Post by **alex** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:40 am

took only couple of minutes to fix, but it was an interesting bug.

incidentally before your report i also noticed some unrelated problem with newsgroup list, if might be interesting too, at least i hope so, maybe it is a lucky day

alex · Post by **alex** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:00 am

i've localized the newsgroup list bug (just made it 100% reproducible but not located it yet), but it also applies to header views (something rare since noone complained), in a strange way newsgroup list when sorted by number of articles proved to be a good testing ground for header views when sorted by lines or size.

actually it is a good thing since after i fixed a bug in v1.0 (also rare just was exposed by extending user base) i didn't find any bugs except for reported small things.

maybe i'll make a release fixing the two issues (i estimate fixing them will boost reliability further), since i'm not planning to add any features before the next week.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:14 am

alex wrote:i've localized the newsgroup list bug (just made it 100% reproducible but not located it yet), but it also applies to header views (something rare since noone complained), in a strange way newsgroup list when sorted by number of articles proved to be a good testing ground for header views when sorted by lines or size.

actually it is a good thing since after i fixed a bug in v1.0 (also rare just was exposed by extending user base) i didn't find any bugs except for reported small things.

maybe i'll make a release fixing the two issues (i estimate fixing them will boost reliability further), since i'm not planning to add any features before the next week.

glad to be of service!

I must have been trying to find ways to sort the newsgroup list since it is not the same as newspro. Some columns and sorts are missing I think.

One other thing I miss is the multipart filter, to separate text from binaries in the same group.

I always broke the software that was just tested and was claimed that it couldn't be broken.

Regards,

alex · Post by **alex** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:10 am

your bug wasn't connected to ng.list, it was about certain subjects, it was a coincidence i found another different bug on the same day, just such events are quite rare.

i've fixed both problems here, maybe i'll add something small, several people asked about nzb directory, maybe that.

alex · Post by **alex** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:29 am

finished, took 1 hour 20 min to add, cheap goods, it is much more easier than working with bugs, took whole day.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:18 am

alex wrote:finished, took 1 hour 20 min to add, cheap goods, it is much more easier than working with bugs, took whole day.

alex · Post by **alex** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:33 am

i'm a bit obsessed with reliability, in developing software reliability means a necessary degree of freedom, one of reasons i distanced myself from using the newspro code directly (it doesn't mean i cannot reinterpret it) was to achieve additional reliability through much less dependence on third party code (including microsoft).

software must be reliable from ground up, releasing inifinte crashing betas is a waste of time since eventually it means stagnant software when even a small change may cause a chain reaction leading to sporadic crashes which are difficult to fix.