alt Hacker NewsI don't see how it's an unreasonable request. If you demand that I work with some ancient version, I then have to install and uninstall said program every time I work on your ticket specifically. You will be prioritized last, because my effectiveness is measured by how many tickets I close.
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> If you demand that I work with some ancient version, I then have to install and uninstall said program every time I work on your ticket specifically.
You completely missed the point of the blog post. Apple was in the process of developing macOS 26.4 beta 4, and they wanted me to install the beta just to "verify" the bug.
Apple could test my bug with 26.4 beta 4 a heck of a lot easier than I could. Nobody was asking Apple to install some ancient version.
> my effectiveness is measured by how many tickets I close.
That was one of the points of the blog post: this is a perverse incentive from management.
Note what you did not say: "my effectiveness is measured by how many bugs I fix." So engineers are incentivized to close tickets even if the bugs they report are unfixed. This is how a company ends up with crappy, buggy software.
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just bc everyone is calling you insane: you are being extremely reasonable.