On Wednesday 06 July 2011 22:02:03 pk did opine thusly: > > Devs get a certain amount of leeway and tolerance from users > > because of what they do as volunteers. But there's a line > > somewhere and in my view arbitrarily deciding to obsolete a > > toolkit just because you feel > > Yes, but what can we do about it? Force him (I assume he's > volunteering and is not payed for his work) to continue supporting > it? Well, I assume we could pay him... or something.
Well, there's really only one thing that appeals to your average dev in any area: Treat them like a dev and appeal to their better judgement. One can recognise that a dev is acting like a total dick, but pointing it out gets you nowhere. I refer you to my vast experience of attempting to do the same with the devs I work with :-) It also applies to sysadmins, people who (embarrassingly) point out that I am a complete jerk lots of the time tend to get nowhere to. Reasoned, well supported arguments coupled with a little ego-stroking is what motivates most devs. Nikos' last comment on the bug is a good one - asking for a list of supported gnome apps in the tree that require gtk+-2. It does require that one put aside one's urges to pull this off. Price of the trade we work in, I suppose. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
