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> if someone really cared about a particular issue, the person would make an attempt at a pull request to help contribute That's not always true. They may not
by rkangel 10y ago
> if someone really cared about a particular issue, the person would make an attempt at a pull request to help contribute
That's not always true. They may not have the necessary skills. That's no excuse for laziness in reporting problems though.
- Bahamut 10y agoHaving the necessary skills does not mean they cannot make an attempt though. If they regress into whining instead of trying, then I'm less sympathetic & less likely to put my best effort forward since it's unnecessary stress.
- Pxtl 10y agoUltimately, that's still laziness. Learn the necessary skill.
- stinkytaco 10y agoReally? I might be able to report a bug in any number of roles (perhaps designer, perhaps administrator, perhaps user) and I may not have the knowledge or experience necessary to fix the problem, but certainly enough to report in a detailed way. If knowing software development is not my job, I can't be a user? What if I am a developer but not familiar with the code? Dismissing users because they do not have the skills to fix every problem is absurd.
- Pxtl 10y agoI'm not dismissing the users, I'm just saying that nobody owes you a bug-fix. If they prioritize your bug, that's great, but if they don't - either submit a pull request or live with it. The knowledge developers put towards their free hobby-projects is hard-earned and shouldn't be treated like public property.
- singlow 10y agoIn the case of a js/css framework, the users are js/css developers.
- optimiz3 10y agoIf they cared enough, and can't offer skills (time), they could always offer money.