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I often look for obscure options to get specialists tasks done in all sorts of software. Better to fix the option. Just because I didn’t go to the very signif
by andrewstuart 3y ago
I often look for obscure options to get specialists tasks done in all sorts of software.
Better to fix the option.
Just because I didn’t go to the very significant effort of complaining doesn’t mean I didn’t want and burn hours trying to use that option.
- pjc50 3y agoThe verdict of the presentation was that many options are (bad) duplicates of the filter graph, and you should configure the software through the filter graph. We saw in openssl what the consequences of never removing any code for decades were. It has a real cost. Always a case-by-case decision, though.
- Zagitta 3y agoYou can't expect open source developers to be omniscient and know you want to use a specific feature if you don't communicate that to them. Would you rather have them add telemetry?
- radlad 3y agoFixing the option takes time and expertise, as well as an idea of what users actually are trying to do. If you don't give feedback to developers, how do you expect them to know you wanted to use the option? Better to remove a broken feature than let users burn hours futilely trying to make it work.