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Pushing the Need for Bug Tracking?
NorthwestWolf asks: "I am the sole developer for a medium-sized company. My work consists of developing intranet applications for the production, accounting, shipping and engineering activities at all of our locations. My dilema is that my boss is dead set on the idea that we DO NOT need a bug tracking system, nor does he feel that we have a need for version tracking. As much as I strive to write perfect code...that doesn't happen. Most recently, I asked to install a lightweight piece of bug tracking software that would not tie into the database, and was written in PHP (what our apps are already developed in). This was to be for me, and me alone; although my boss does produce some code and is the reason that I would like version tracking (he has made changes to my code that I was not aware of until I noticed problems with certain functions). So, to those of you who are, or have been in a similiar situation...what are you doing, or what have you done to get critical development tools such as these implemented at work?"
I bet that if we took a random sample of daily /. readers, we'd find an average IQ of at least 130.
I very much doubt that. Why, even slashdot readers with low (ie, 4-digit) user ids don't even seem to be able to understand subtle humour, even when a smiley is attached. It would be interesting to see s study which analysed the average slashdot user. My guess is that the average user would turn out to be a 16-20 year old, male, wannabe hacker. Judging from the declining quality of comments (and story submissions) over the years, your IQ expectations are rather high.