Debug versions of Java libraries
When you buy other development tools you get both: the release version of the library and the debug version.
This helps with debugging i.e inspecting local variables inside the library etc.
Why is it that both the java base software j2se1.4.x and libraries such as java help do not provide a debug version of all their libraries as part of the download or a seperate download ?
If users find a bug they can quickly narrow it down and send a bug report. This saves your time too ?
Instead of giving the average user the source code and getting them to compile it (note that only some downloads come with the source code) why not provide a debug library download ?
All microsoft development products, for e.g, come with the debug version and the release version.
When you buy other development tools you get both: the release version of the library and the debug version.
This helps with debugging i.e inspecting local variables inside the library etc.
Why is it that both the java base software j2se1.4.x and libraries such as java help do not provide a debug version of all their libraries as part of the download or a seperate download ?
If users find a bug they can quickly narrow it down and send a bug report. This saves your time too ?
Instead of giving the average user the source code and getting them to compile it (note that only some downloads come with the source code) why not provide a debug library download ?
All microsoft development products, for e.g, come with the debug version and the release version.
Anybody feels the same way?
