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> report a bug I explicitly excluded bug reports in an earlier draft because those aren't generally considered 'changes', but rather fixes to previous changes.

• jefftk 6y ago
  I think I still don't understand how you're thinking about it. When I report a bug or file a feature request, it seems to me that you would say I am asking the author to do some unpaid labor. That is, I am asking them to fix the bug or to add my feature. A bug report is requesting a fix to previous changes, yes, but isn't it still, in your view, a request for something in exchange for nothing? If you fix a bug for me, "you pay a hefty cost in time while my cost remains 0", no?
  • black_puppydog 6y ago
    However, other people, including the author, stand to gain from fixing a bug in features they use. But of course there is blur there too; some bugs will require significant work and only benefit some small group of users. And sure you can still report those, but then you should (in my personal ideal world) not be surprised to hear "this will only matter if you're running this on enterprise scale, so wontfix unless paid to do so."