While I don't think you should thank for them every patch directly, I think there should be praise for their work occasionally. WINE's release emails always sp

While I don't think you should thank for them every patch directly, I think there should be praise for their work occasionally. WINE's release emails always specified who did what, and that's not quite a 'thank you' but it's definitely more acknowledgement than I sometimes see. It doesn't even have to be the project leader or other developers doing the praising. A proper bug reporting system will give the users a chance to give that praise as well, thought the leader/developers should also be thankful for the contributions. It's not easy, and I'm not trying to say it is, but it needs more attention.