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Have you filed a radar bug?

• nikanj 9y ago
  In my experience, those are about as useful as telling your dog about the bug. Complaining on HN has a slight possibility someone from Apple might actually see the bug, and fix it.
  • p49k 9y ago
    I'd disagree, I've filed probably 15 in the past 7 years for obscure bugs and all of them were fixed. They don't respond and the fixes take a long time, but I'm pretty sure they are listening.
    • deleted 9y ago
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    • lttlrck 9y ago
      I’ve used the built in Feedback app several times and received replies asking for follow up so it’s fair to say they are listening
  • codezero 9y ago
    Not that this will instil a huge amount of confidence, but I filed a bug about a XNU kernel syscal that returned the wrong error code. They shipped a fix two years later and closer the ticket. I provided a diff fixing the bug but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    • colejohnson66 9y ago
      To be fair, they can’t use your diff without you signing it over as it may be copyrighted
      • dlgeek 9y ago
        If it was just changing a constant (which is what GP implied), that would probably not constitute sufficient creative output to be subject to copyright.
      • codezero 9y ago
        To be more fair, they didn't ask me to.
  • messick 9y ago
    I can assure you, radars have ∞ more chance of getting something changed verses just compaining about it on a website. File the radars.
    • brazzledazzle 9y ago
      I would be more inclined to file them if I didn't have to consult an independent third party (open radar) to (hopefully) see what's going on with the radar referenced when one gets closed as a dupe. The more you make it a chore to file or track bugs the less likely I am to bother.
  • marcomonteiro 9y ago
    No. Please file a radar. They get read and the more dups increases the likelihood it'll be addressed.