Very good article. I always reiterate that I and everyone else involved in my open source communities are volunteers. Everyone has their own agenda and unless t

Very good article. I always reiterate that I and everyone else involved in my open source communities are volunteers. Everyone has their own agenda and unless they explicitly ask me for direction, they work on what they want. Maybe you can convince them to take on your bug, but if it doesn't affect them then it's probably not going to get looked at expediently, if at all. Send a patch!