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This “you can fix it yourself” argument is really tiring sometimes. For a project like nautilus, there are very few people with the resources and motivation to
by thebeastie 5y ago
This “you can fix it yourself” argument is really tiring sometimes.
For a project like nautilus, there are very few people with the resources and motivation to fix anything. So we end up with underdeveloped open source products.
Maybe we should try “we need better funding and coordination” for open source projects.
- jeroenhd 5y agoI think most open source projects need better funding and coordination. The fact of the matter is that if you want something, you can ask nicely, pay for it or make it yourself. Asking nicely usually ends with "no", which is a perfectly valid response, and the other options are often too expensive (nobody wants to pay full dev time for adding and maintaining feature in Nautilus) or too much work. I used to think that surely the GNOME people had enough resources to develop feature X until I saw how few GNOME developers there really are for a project this size. Until more people join in and start developing in their free time, "basic" features people all want so badly simply won't appear any time soon.
- yoyohello13 5y agoNot only that, but the people who do have the resources and motivation quickly hit the brick wall that is contributing to Gnome. Engaging with the Gnome team from the outside is exhausting.
- tebruno99 5y agoGnome developers actively discourage fixing things yourself even though they often use that as a reply to bug reports. Fixes are often rejected as "not bugs" so most just give up and move on.