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> It's a shame because it would not take much to address all of the nitpick issues I have with it, but there seems to be no interest. Comments like these never

> It's a shame because it would not take much to address all of the nitpick issues I have with it, but there seems to be no interest. Comments like these never fail to bring a smile to my face. Someone who doesn't understand the project / issue decides it is easy and people should care about their personal grievances for a program they have not paid a single cent for

bstar77 7y ago
You seriously think that adding some checks to account for missing files in a playlist is a hard thing? I know it's probably a bit more involved than that, but lets be serious here. I'm not asking for much. I do think making the assumption that they don't care about this stuff was not exactly the tone I was looking for, but I do think some obvious UI issues have taken a back seat. Just because it's an OSS project does not mean it's beyond reproach. I contribute free software myself and never once felt that I was above my users. I don't think the VLC guys are this way one bit, but your suggestion that I should not be talking about any of my minor gripes is ridiculous.
- mpol 7y ago
  I contribute to free software. When a user asks me to change something, most of the time I am quite happy to do that. Sometimes a user asks me to change something, with the message that it is easy and won't take much time. Those requests get instantly put on the backburner, and maybe a year later I start working on them. It really irks me the wrong way. Just an analogy... Suppose on a nice summer sunday afternoon, you are walking or cycling on the country side. You come past a farm, and they have free apples on the side of the road that you can take with you. You pick one, but find that there is a bad spot on that apple. First thing you do is throw it against the front wall of the farm. The farmer comes outside and you tell him he should be more carefull in picking apples, it is easy to do that and won't take much time. Next week you are there again, and there are no free apples anymore.

bstar77 7y ago

You seriously think that adding some checks to account for missing files in a playlist is a hard thing? I know it's probably a bit more involved than that, but lets be serious here. I'm not asking for much. I do think making the assumption that they don't care about this stuff was not exactly the tone I was looking for, but I do think some obvious UI issues have taken a back seat. Just because it's an OSS project does not mean it's beyond reproach. I contribute free software myself and never once felt that I was above my users. I don't think the VLC guys are this way one bit, but your suggestion that I should not be talking about any of my minor gripes is ridiculous.

mpol 7y ago
I contribute to free software. When a user asks me to change something, most of the time I am quite happy to do that. Sometimes a user asks me to change something, with the message that it is easy and won't take much time. Those requests get instantly put on the backburner, and maybe a year later I start working on them. It really irks me the wrong way. Just an analogy... Suppose on a nice summer sunday afternoon, you are walking or cycling on the country side. You come past a farm, and they have free apples on the side of the road that you can take with you. You pick one, but find that there is a bad spot on that apple. First thing you do is throw it against the front wall of the farm. The farmer comes outside and you tell him he should be more carefull in picking apples, it is easy to do that and won't take much time. Next week you are there again, and there are no free apples anymore.