[Numpy-discussion] Reporting a bug to Apple.

[Julian Taylor]

On 10.06.2014 15:46, Aron Ahmadia wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Sturla Molden <sturla.molden at gmail.com
> <mailto:sturla.molden at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     If we report a segfault Apple will probably think we are to blame.
>     99.9 %
>     of bug reports come from idiots, and those who screen bug reports are
>     basically payed to hit the ignore button. Indeed, good luck on reporting
>     it.
> 
> 
> I've reported bugs to Apple and seen them fixed in major releases of the
> operating system (though not necessarily minor releases).  Unless things
> have changed considerably since my last bug report, I don't think it's
> fair to characterize their quality assurance team this way, particularly
> without evidence to back up your point.
> 


I'm also optimistic they'll fix it. E.g. they also fixed the
-mno-fused-madd screwup they did with their python installation in 10.9
in the minor release 10.9.3. So with a little luck 10.9.4 will already
have the fix.

The bug has now been filed by Matthew, thanks for that.