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12 bugs of Christmas

NormanChiflen edited this page Feb 14, 2012 · 1 revision

h1. The 12 Bugs of Christmas

. Too many of us have had to deal with software problems and support like this! The 12 Bugs of Christmas - A Software Developers' Version

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  1. For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: See if they can do it again.

. 2. For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 3. For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 4. For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 5. For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 6. For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 7. For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 8. For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 9. For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 10. For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 11. For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Say it's not supported Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

. 12. For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Tell them it's a feature Say it's not supported Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.