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Can't you add the settings and submit a PR? Not picking on you, as it seems this is common: treating open source software as if it's someone's else's product,
by bdcravens 3y ago
Can't you add the settings and submit a PR?
Not picking on you, as it seems this is common: treating open source software as if it's someone's else's product, and treating ourselves as helpless consumers.
- gsich 3y agoNot that easy, not everyone knows how to code. Also, even if you still need to find/add what you need in a presumably massive codebase.
- bdcravens 3y agoI'm not saying it's easy or that everyone is capable. Only that it CAN be changed, but the conversations around OSS often don't reflect that reality. (We've all seen Github issues being abused as a support channel, often with a strong odor of entitlement)
- xdavidliu 3y agoIf someone has strong feelings about how a UI is lacking, why suppress it in order to be more polite and avoid appearing entitled? That's a very useful signal. Imagine if nobody expressed their strongly-held opinions about UIs; nobody would know what's missing or bad. Why must everyone who complains about something also attempt to fix it themselves?
- bombcar 3y agoIIRC Gnome is one of those projects where it can be VERY difficult to get a PR submitted because the developers have Opinions.
- RedShift1 3y agoEven if the PR is accepted, in a couple years they'll throw everything away again and the option will be gone
- prmoustache 3y agoInstead of being sarcasting and unhelpful, you all could have a look at a settings window and realize that the option already exist and there is no PR to do.
- RedShift1 3y agoI'm not being sarcastic. They've had 3 "waves" where they either threw away a whole bunch of stuff or outright started from scratch. Not to mention the ever changing libraries (there is no stability). I'm obviously not talking about this one feature, but with a history like that, why expend the effort, there's basically no guarantee how long your contribution is going to last.
- kube-system 3y agoUnless you're willing to commit the effort and resources necessary to fork, it is someone else's product.
- beached_whale 3y agoyou are not wrong, I could. But it is there I read further in the comments. I've seen this in Gnome in the past though too, or settings disappear.