Richard Guenther wrote: > May I turn this into a suggestion: don't be scared away by negative > comments of one of the bugmasters, instead continue working on a > patch; you are definitely encouraged to do so! And if not the > bugmasters, other people affected by the bug will be grateful!
It's isn't so much a matter of being "scared away" as it is of deciding where to allocate one's "free" resources. I prefer to apply my energies to situations where there is a good chance of success; a negative comment by a bugmaster makes it less likely that my efforts on that bug will bear fruit. It's a cost-benefit analysis for me. As for people being grateful -- well, that's why I'm here. Despite certain people here who have low opinions of my abilities, there are some folk who appreciate my work. ..Scott
