On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 8:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> So today must be the 1000th time in my life where I see a project shoots
> down a good summary feedback, making sure the issues are broken out into
> pieces and no discussion can take place on the future impacts, and that the
> very contribution of a higher-level-then-bug-report feedback is being
> handled as offensive, leeching and useless.
>
> Since it's apparently the 1000th time, I'll put it in your face now.
> The answer is "thank you for this feedback".
> Noone demands you all sit down and fix anything she wanted, now, for free.
> You're being told, in a high-level from the things that will drive away
> many of the people who are *not* using Qubes.
> That doesn't mean you should / need to act now. You should take the
> opportunity to engange and consider the feedback.
> If you sat someone down to write it it'd cost you a few 1000 to get it.
>
>
> Please don't think I want to single out Alex I'm replying to, this thread
> is  full of this unproductive arrogance and this is just the mail that set
> me through the roof.
>
> Am Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2016 08:52:09 UTC+2 schrieb Alex:
> > On 06/16/2016 07:26 AM, Drew White wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday, 16 June 2016 03:44:00 UTC+10, jkitt wrote:
> > >
> > >     One of the many benefits of FOSS is that users can contribute -
> even
> > >     if it's just writing tickets on the issue tracker.
> > >
> > >
> > > Exactly, it's an open thing, but these are things that there are
> tickets
> > > about for some thing.
> > > And some things I have notified Qubes-OS of the problem and it's never
> > > had a ticket created or been fixed.
> > > And some things have had great response and been fixed or had a fix in
> > > place for the next release, but not being fixed/patched in that one
> release.
> > The fact that it's open does not mean that they serve everybody like the
> > counter of a McDonald's restaurant. It means that anyone can contribute.
>
> Trying to shake up a project that gets stuck on the one end ahead of i.e.
> coding something that won't work *is* a contribution. It's what a good
> manager would do, and it comes free.
>
> Giving test feedback on UX level is something that one'd need a UX
> engineer to do, which is not cheap at all, especially not so if they'd need
> to rewire menus and understand hypervisor management. It comes free.
>
> Pointing out architectural issues in upgrades that could escalate in the
> future and listing the factors is priceless, and it comes free.
>
> So maybe try something else than being offended and shooting down the
> feedback that was given.
> There's a few nice options:
>
> - "Yes, some of those issues have given me trouble too"
> - "No, to me this has been a rather pain-free thing, it seems I do it
> differently than you"
> - "Can you work with the GUI designer and give the feedback directly? We
> need the rewrite anyway because <things>"
> - "You're right about some of the issues, but - this isn't a bugtracker -
> can you please make sure there are bugs for *all* of them, and not just
> some? You know about them now, we have a few 100 more and can't possibly
> keep an eye on all of this. If you need someone to help you, let us know
> but please help by doing as much as you can"
> - "It seems you're more troubled by the multitude of issues that hurt you,
> not by individual ones. We don't have the resources to proactively fight
> things like that, and noone can fix them now. But please understand they
> are transient and for many of us, it doesn't hurt that much".
> Finally also this one:
> - "Thank you for writing. I'm sorry to tell you, but what you're listing
> just isn't important when you consider the project goals, which are already
> sky-high. If the community demands fixing every single scratch, there will
> be no project."
> Even this would have been better.
> - "HAHAHA No"
>
> I'm sickened by the lack of empathy and thinking and you should stop this,
> for the better of the project.
>
> Florian
>
>
Yes Florian I too am unable to feel empathy either for your post or for
Drew one. Being in empathy means sharing feelings. But what I feel is
gratefulness for all developers. How can I share grumbles? Too difficult
for me. I am sorry. I like proper form and respect even for a bug report.
But of course I understand what you mean and you are not wrong either. But
no empathy sorry.
Fran


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