> Whoa whoa whoa... could we stop here for a sec, please? WOW!!
> First of all, before filing this bugreport I checked suckless's > homepage, which says on its Community page: "dev@suckless.org - for > dwm/dmenu/st/… users, development discussion, bug reports and general > discussion". I did look up that this is the forum that suckless > developres picked for bugreports. Now do you say that bugreports > aren't welcome? Then this page should be fixed (I guess I should send > a patch, right?). I say that bug reports should be accompagned with a patch (yes please). > Second, I'd like to seriously understand: Do you believe that a > bugreport (without a patch) has zero, or perhaps even negative value? > If you think it still has a positive value, no matter how small it is, > a "thanks" (or no response at all) would have been a much better > reaction. You forgot to say “IMHO”. I think that it depends on what the bug report is pointed at. > Third: I don't recall being rude to you, or demanding you to fix this > bug, I only informed you about one. I just don't find your attitude > justified at all. I wasn't sure how to interpret Silvan's words, they > could have easily been interpreted as rude, but I assumed good intent > (indeed, I know that a bugreport with patch is much better than one > without), hence my respnose clarifying the situation. But your comment > is surely way out of line. Which line? > Fourth: Guess what, I am a developer myself, having contributed a lot > to (and as of now also working on) open source in my free time. I just > don't find the model of cross-fixing each other's bugs a good one. You > know what: I often fix bugs reported by others in the product I'm > developing, and never occurs to me to respond to anyone like this. I > firmly believe it's a more effective model if people preferably work > with the code base and surrounding infrastructure that they're more > familiar with. Read: You're free to report bugs against my project > (minding the style, of course), and I fix the ones in mine, you fix > the ones in yours, rather than the other way around. Congratulations. > Fifth: Not sure if you're affiliated with suckless or just randomly > commenting, but the combination of this style, having to use a mailing > list rather than a bug tracker software, and coming across a tiny > patch that so far 7 people worked on and is still conceptually buggy, > makes it absolutely clear to me that suck "less" is an utter lie. > (Unless you mean "sucks less for the project's developers"). It doesn't matter if I am or not. Good, I think you're starting to understand why bug reports without action about such patches are welcomed this way. > I'm happy to unsubscribe from your list now and never to come back. It > was a pleasure. Yes, that's one way to exercise your consumer's rights. > wishing all of you the best, Thank you, to you too.
