Re: Bugs and cheating - From the Times

Rich Skrenta (skrenta@pbm.com)
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:01:25 -0800 (PST)

> I also hope that any major bug fixes will be reported before being
> fixed. What I mean is like the movement bug.Some people thought it
> was in someones favor, but it was just a bug and you announced it's
> fixing 2 weeks in advance. Could that be done for every bug ?

Yes, I will try to do that. What I've done in the past is
bracket the bug fix with a time delay, something like

if (prior to turn NNN) {
old buggy behavior;
} else {
new fixed behavior;
}

And then announce what turn the bug will be fixed on.

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