> Grigorios, you're an idiot. You're basically just trolling the thread > now and, correct me if I'm wrong, have provided nothing in the way of > patches for the AUR like open source is magic where you whine about > stuff and it gets fixed how you like. > > I see absolutely no compelling reason to get rid of comments and it's > ridiculous this thread even exists. The only interesting thing is the > idea of improving the comment system and there are no patches for that > either. > > Grigorios: stop digging yourself into a hole.
Although I strongly disagree with Greg and think that he is pursuing this in an obnoxious manner, I think your reply is a bit over the top. There's no need to call people idiots here. Also, and this is directed at devs in general, the whole "stfu unless you can submit a patch" mentality is narrow-minded at best. Just because someone can't code it themselves doesn't mean that an idea is bad.Too many people act as though a suggestion were a demand and many devs content themselves with "good enough" if they can avoid putting more work into it. Not everyone is a coder and it would often take someone far more time and effort to create a patch than a dev who's intimately familiar with the code. It's the same thing as humming a tune to a musician for a bridge in his song. If you don't play any instruments and he tells you to come back with a recording of it, nobody benefits. There's some quote about how the "good enough" mentality is the greatest barrier to progress. If someone knows it, please post it.
