Question on [Done]

[yrreti]

I put this post here because it has to do with the bugs.
Beta testing is a good idea, as it really helps to refine the software. PureBasic has really become a fine piece of software!
But when ever you mark a bug as [Done], does that mean that it will be available only in the next beta release?
Or is it possible to get some of those fixes elsewhere, as they could be needed for ongoing projects?

[Rescator]

As far back as I can recall, [Done] means "It's fixed in next release".

[yrreti]

Thank you very much for your reply to my question.

[netmaestro]

Actually [Done] can mean several things. What it mainly means is that the question has been considered by the team and disposed of for the foreseeable future. The disposition can take a number of forms:

- Bug fixed and will be included in the next release
- Program behavior was deemed to result from OS limitations
- Program behavior was deemed a bug, but minor and the cost in time and effort to fix it would be more than it's worth
- Program behavior was a result of coding error
- Expected behavior would require a feature not yet provided in PB
- Program behavior was deemed normal

and probably a few more. But [Done] is an improvement over [Fixed] because if a question fell into one of the latter categories it never would see a [Fixed] and people would think it had been ignored when such was not the case.

[Rescator]

Good point yeah. So if you see [Done] in the title then look at the end of the thread (or near it) for The Purebasic Team's reason. They usually say Fixed or explain why it's not something they can or should fix, or it's just a programmer error

[netmaestro]

It's probably the only time you'll ever see me give a more complete answer than Rescator, hehe