Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:06 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>> as always, patches will be thoughtfully considered.
>
> It appears a bit disingenuous to me to answer "I can't figure out what
> does what and why" with "congratulations, then it is your task to figure
> this out to a degree where you can not merely use it, but rather
> redesign and change it".
>
> I am aware that this is the most common form of brush-off employed in
> Open Source projects.  I am maintaining projects myself, and have
> limited amounts of time for the maintenance.  And that means that some
> things just don't get done.  But I try not blaming my users for that.
> And "patches will be thoughtfully considered" is pretty close to "first
> try doing all the work, and if you are lucky, we won't just chuck it
> into the bin without comment".
>
> It might just be a case of unfortunate phrasing, but I can't feel it to
> be the most effective way to stoke enthusiasm.

This is not meant as an explicit putdown; it is simply the reality.  I
have no time to do any sort of coding, really, so if you want things
to happen, it is up to you.

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Han-Wen Nienhuys - address@hidden - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen