The CVS Cop-Out

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday May 20, 2006 @05:30AM from the keep-the-users-happy dept.

NewsForge (also owned by VA) has a short piece attempting to call into focus one of the major complaints of end users, the "CVS cop-out". From the article: "One of my biggest pet peeves with open source software is what I call the CVS cop-out. It works like this: I criticize (accurately) some shortcoming of an open source application either in an article or in conversation, and someone responds with, 'That's not true! That feature was fixed in CVS four weeks ago!' [...] I bring up the CVS cop-out not because I have an answer for it, but to air it out. Sometimes, giving a problem a name helps to foster discussion that leads to resolution."

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The CVS Copout.... by LordEd · 2006-05-20 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny

...was fixed 4 weeks ago! Didn't you get the memo?
1. Re:The CVS Copout.... by blowdart · 2006-05-20 05:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  And if it hasn't been fixed, well the source is there, fix it yourself. Geez.
Oh .. I get it. by gru3hunt3r · 2006-05-20 05:40 · Score: 5, Funny

(Speaking on behalf of open source developers everywhere)

You're right, next time we'll respond with "Screw you, if it's really that important -- fix it yourself and provide binaries to everybody on the Internet"

First they want free software.
Then they want good software.
Now they want good, free, software - instantly.

F*cking users.
Hmm.... by Newer+Guy · 2006-05-20 05:41 · Score: 5, Funny

And I thought this thread was about a drug store chain getting rid of their security officers......