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My findings is that there should be a very low bar for opening bugs. Maybe don't call them bugs, call them 'tips'. No, I am not going to spend 10 minutes filli

My findings is that there should be a very low bar for opening bugs. Maybe don't call them bugs, call them 'tips'. No, I am not going to spend 10 minutes filling out this report, or sign up for github to do so, but I would be happy to send a brief message describing my issue. You're probably just going to close it in 3 weeks automatically anyway. Running off this new HN phrase about non-zero amounts of fraud - There's a non-zero amount of 'bad' bug reports and many good reports are left to the wayside because of this.

bawolff 4y ago
In commercial world there are whole teams of people to filter reports as not to distract devs from their jobs. In the open source world, bad bug reports really are a drain with negative value. Someone has to read them at the end of the day. Nobody expects the amount to be 0%, but at the same time nobody has time for 200 mysterious reports of "i did something unspecified, and it did something i didnt expect, but im not going to tell you what it did, what i thought it should do, or what version im running"
zasdffaa 4y ago
If you can't describe teh problem sufficiently then the bug can't be fixed, or you're loading the problem onto the dev. > No, I am not going to spend 10 minutes filling out this report, Then it won't get fixed > but I would be happy to send a brief message describing my issue. Which often ain't going to be enough. You're now wasting everybody's time > You're probably just going to close it in 3 weeks automatically anyway. Jesus that's so cynical smug. My request: don't use any open source software. Pay for it. Leave open source developers with people who can be bothered, if you can't be bothered to give anything back at all.