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this seems very inefficient and the opposite of what I assumed. repeated requests take up time on both sides and are not a very good measure of how important so

this seems very inefficient and the opposite of what I assumed. repeated requests take up time on both sides and are not a very good measure of how important something is.

dncornholio 2y ago
it's not perfect but it works.
- neoromantique 2y ago
  well, apparently it doesn't.
  - naasking 2y ago
    Well, apparently nobody even noticed for 5 years, so that's 5 years that nobody had to even think about that code.
    - amatecha 2y ago
      Nah, people noticed, and then they thought "Linux always has these kind of issues, I'm going back to [whatever other OS]" because 99.9% of users will never even TRY to report a bug.
    - samus 2y ago
      People just think "that's Linux, it's buggy and we have to live with it"
nicce 2y ago
This is how the most of the open-source development works. There are many projects with thousands of issues and PRs. Those that will get most attention, typically gets prioritized.
- stusmall 2y ago
  This is even how closed source development works. If you throw issues in a backlog and never follow up to advocate for it then it will never get done.