On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 09:35 -0700, Rob Adams wrote: > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 17:14 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > > For discussing long-standing issues with Metacity. Like the > > focus-stealing problems, the placement algorithm or the (ugh!) > > minimize animation. :) And for asking things like how do you implement > > X in Metacity or like "I'd like to implement this awesome feature, do > > you think it would be a good idea or not?" It doesn't feel right to > > open bugzilla bugs for those kinds of things. Plus, it is easy to find > > old discussions by search mailing-list archives. Not so easy with > > bugzilla. > > The only conceivable purpose such a list could have not currently met by > bugzilla (feel free to add comments or Cc yourself on bugs, or even > watch the metacity-maint pseudo-user) is "harassing metacity > contributors more publicly". > > Metacity doesn't have any people who are super-regular contributors, > since it can be rather difficult to work on metacity for 2 reasons: > window managers are complex and arcane, but also because there is so > much negativity that you're subjected to. The last thing we need is to > make it worse. > > -Rob
Bugzilla often seems like a black hole. I submitted a patch for a feature (#151842) and got initial encouragement and suggestions, but it quickly fell off the radar. Subsequent polite pokes via email and bugzilla were not acknowledged. Similarly there is a totally functional patch (#81704) for the oft-requested "edge resistance" feature that has never been included in the main tree. After pestering about an updated version Havoc posted a link to google for the search term "Stallman 'sooner if you help'", but even after a new patch was posted nothing happened. Bugzilla is a good thing, but not if the maintainers seemingly ignore it. The solution may not be a new mailing list, but simply an increased level of responsiveness on bugzilla. I don't expect maintainers to chime in on every half-baked wishlist, but when it comes to long-requested and useful features with working patches there should be more communication. owen _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list