Erik Brooks

Those of you who follow the 8.5 forum have probably noticed me fussing at IBM about the lack of fixes/SPRs/etc. listed for 8.5. The Fix List database has been a ghost town since 8.0.2 FP1, complete with tumbleweeds.  Only a few weeks ago was a *partial* list of 8.5 FP1 fixes finally listed in an obscure corner of the notes.net website. Even when 8.5 FP1 was released last week, no formal list of fixes was to be found.

Finally, earlier this week, Ed twittered that there was a full list of fixes posted online.  It's still buried in the same obscure corner of the notes.net website, but here's a direct link to the full list.

If you haven't seen it yet, check it out.  There's some great fixes there, including client fixes that fix some big issues (e.g. "scrollbar quits working").  Many fixes are UI-related that should make things feel snappier and more reliable, and may also fix some of the DDE flakiness that 8.5.0 has had.

There's still nothing listed in the Fix List database, though, and still no word on fixes in 8.5.1 (other than forum posts) which is a shame.  Perhaps IBM is truly embracing the open source movement and they're simply too busy writing code to bother writing documentation?  ;-)