Hey Ingo, I think your example is a good example of people asking a question that doesn´t get carried over as a "go, do work dev". That is pretty ok I think. Asking about any future plans is a difference to demanding something/asking misc to implement stuff. For example, I had some serious issues getting wi-fi to work on several notebooks but asking misc why wi-fi isn´t working and if someone could actually solve the issue was no option to me, simply because I couldn´t even nail down where the actual issue was except for "driver problems and/or card not recognised". So I tried to get to a level where I gathered enough informations to ask a proper question. Now the problem is solved so my wi-fi issues are gone for good. :)
Have a nice day and stay healthy. Fabian _______________________________ Always exit with 42 to return the answer. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, 21. May 2020 01:43, Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Chris Bennett wrote on Wed, May 20, 2020 at 02:07:27PM -0400: > > > Do the work, a WIP is OK and submit a diff. > > Not a bad idea, put your fingers where your mouth is! > > > Please don't ask for features, once again. > > Really, I mean it. Don't ask for features! > > I disagree. > > About one third of the THANKS section of mandoc(1) release notes > typically consists of thanking people who asked for features. > > Heck, i have even used presentations at international conferences > to thank people who asked for features. > > As an example, i still fondly remember Paul Onyschuk's question > on August 9, 2014: > > "Are there any plans for providing a man(1) command also? This > would make mdocml a possible, standalone replacement for the groff > and man-db combination (typical in Linux distributions)." > > My first impulse was to reply "no, i dislike that idea". > Then i reconsidered, and less then three weeks later, it was done. > Nowadays, i could no longer imagine living without it. > > For details, see pages 40-44 (marked SURPRISE TOPIC) of these slides: > > https://www.openbsd.org/papers/eurobsdcon2014-mandoc-slides.pdf > > The "thank you" mention in particular is on page 43. > > Yours, > Ingo
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