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On 12/2/2013 8:05 PM, JoeS wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:529D58A3.6000704@gmail.com" type="cite"><font
face="Arial">We need to reconnect with the user base</font>.<br>
The problem is a lack of confidence in the future of TB, by that
base.<br>
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I know we can't fix every whim of the community, but we should
show the effort.<br>
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Get that confidence back (with bug fixes, not necessarily
feature), and we will get all the donations that we need.</blockquote>
It would be great if concurrent with Thunderbird 31, if we have some
viable plan to move forward, that we have a simultaneous public
relations campaign to counter the impression that was left from the
very badly handled initial announcement of the reduction of Mozilla
support for Thunderbird.<br>
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As for "bug fixes" let's use the word "quality" here instead. The
tradeoff between features and quality is a tough one. When I look at
vote counts on bugzilla, I usually find that features-related bugs
get more interest than quality-related bugs. I also know that in my
own use of Thunderbird, there are certain missing features that I
find frustrating, but quality problems are not a significant issue.
But my personal anecdotes do not justify any specific project
priority. Within the proposal, the smaller "Finance and Operations"
group has the responsibility to decide overall project priorities,
and to direct resources to those issues. So the time for advocate
for increased emphasis on quality would be when that group is
formed, and has some resources available to allocate.<br>
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:rkent<br>
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