> >> How many fixed the problem and never published the fix? > > I suspect these imagined fixers-but-never-submitters were submitters > > at some point in the past who never got so much as a thanky thanky back, > > and > > decided it was not worth it. > Why don't people just put a patch on a website and supply a link? Then > people can take it or leave it. I don't see how it could be made any easier.
Because developers will "leave it". They don't go hunting for patches; patches have to be submitted, usually via a system like Bugzilla. It will never make it upstream (into packaged versions) and thus will languish and be forgotten. A patch just out-there will be of little value. It very possibly won't apply to future versions or will become a bug if people do apply it. Bug/patch trackers and code repositories exist for very good reason. -- Adam Tauno Williams Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
