Op dinsdag 21 september 2010 20:02:02 schreef Wolfgang Bornath: > 2010/9/21 Tux99 <[email protected]>: > > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > > I can perfectly understand the reasons why that's the case when the > > developers are full-time employees and do the work as a job, but this > > shouldn't and mustn't be the case in a non-profit community project > > where everyone is in it for the fun. > > > > In this scenario devs are normally users themselves too, and even for > > their own satisfaction it should be natural that they at least > > occasionally check user reactions to what they develop, by spending some > > time on forums (at least reading through them). > > That's a very idealistic point of view and I'd really like to read a > developper's opinion on that. Because IIRC it was really a free > developper who told me that developpers do not need users because they > are developping for their own needs in the first place (I reasoned > that users and developpers are needing each other as 2 parts in a > shared system). And it was another who told me that he'd rather spend > his time working on a problem than reading all that user stuff in the > forums. No employees! > > But I wish you were right.
I would say, that is correct. as a developer, i do not need users (some devs do), i scratch my own back. and i don't like reading user comments either, but otoh, i am willing to compromise a bit to give my program a broader audience, and that's why a bug tracker is a good idea. also for mentioning improvements. and also having some contacts with leaders of community sites, sometimes they can summarize stuff for you. _______________________________________________ Mageia-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss
