Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:23:43 -0700 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: How to make Linux/Tux/Whatever better? (was Re: TUX development? Anyone?) |
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Daniel Egger wrote:
> Am Fre, 2002-02-15 um 19.59 schrieb Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk: > > >>Is it only me? >>Can I please get *some* sort of feedback after submitting a bug report? >>I thought that was what made open-source projects better... >> > > You don't get the point, do you? > > You get what pay for and in this case it's zilch, zero, nada, nothing... > ... No, wait, you have the source, that's more than nothing. Use it, > Luke! > > When there's no developper interesting in fixing the bug you've found in > her/his sparetime you should consider buying some help or fix it > yourself instead of complaining.
I think the developers have a moral responsibility to make an attempt to at least answer questions and bug reports. Even if the answer is just: I'm too busy now...please check back later.
If you don't have time to respond for a protracted time, then it's time to give up stewardship of the project to someone who has more resources available....
I am just as guilty of being slow to answer as most other folks, so this is not to cast blame. I do think your crass assumption that developers owe nothing to the users of their code is quite wrong though.
Ben
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