Hi,
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> >> as always, patches will be thoughtfully considered.
> >
> > It appears a bit disingenuous to me to answer "I can't figure out what
> > does what and why" with "congratulations, then it is your task to
> > figure this out to a degree where you can not merely use it, but
> > rather redesign and change it".
> >
> > I am aware that this is the most common form of brush-off employed in
> > Open Source projects. I am maintaining projects myself, and have
> > limited amounts of time for the maintenance. And that means that some
> > things just don't get done. But I try not blaming my users for that.
> > And "patches will be thoughtfully considered" is pretty close to
> > "first try doing all the work, and if you are lucky, we won't just
> > chuck it into the bin without comment".
> >
> > It might just be a case of unfortunate phrasing, but I can't feel it
> > to be the most effective way to stoke enthusiasm.
Given the subject, I could not help myself but be reminded of the
expression "double standard" when I read this.
> This is not meant as an explicit putdown; it is simply the reality. I
> have no time to do any sort of coding, really, so if you want things to
> happen, it is up to you.
Unfortunately, it is that way in Open Source. But not only there... if
you need a good quote by a famous author to say the same:
So many people tut and say "Someone should do something", but so
few step forward and say "...and that someone is me"
-- Terry Prattchet
Ciao,
Dscho
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