Re: Concerns about community contributor support

[Tim Cross]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021 at 12:55, ian martins wrote:
>> 1. A patch looks useful to me, but I feel I don't know if it's a good
>
> [...]
>
>>    "Thanks for submitting this. I'd use it.  Hopefully a maintainer
>>    will take a look."
>
> Ian,
>
> I think you will find that a few of us do post answers like this every
> now and again.  I know that I do.
>
> The lack of answers to cases 2 & 3 are essentially showing a lack of
> interest which is basically an (implicit) answer as well.  It may seem
> dismissive but, given the volume of email some of us have to deal with
> in our day job, it's just reality, I would suggest, without it meaning
> to be judgemental in any way.
>
> (now back to my day job ;-))

+1. If a patch is of interest to me, I usually respond. I don't respond
to patches which are of no interest or which I don't understand.

-- 
Tim Cross