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It's hard to tell if GNOME developers are defensive because they are under attack or if they are under attack because they are defensive. Bottom line: These pe
by andridk 13y ago
It's hard to tell if GNOME developers are defensive because they are under attack or if they are under attack because they are defensive.
Bottom line: These people, weather they are arrogant, impolite or unsympathetic to users does not refute the fact that they are giving their time to the project.
GNOME has been under fire since the famous GNOME 3 release and I would understand the remaining developers to be a little touchy on the matter. At some point, you either stop - or you decide: Fuck this - I will just ignore user-input, because it sucks.
There is nothing more demotivating for developers (especially those working for free) than a loud group of people displeased with your work.
Do I agree with the way they communicate back to the community? Hell no! But they only deserve half of the shit storm they are getting.
- bkor 13y agoFWIW, I totally agree that just a "No." is bad, entirely understand what it resulted in. However, going after a developer in a bugreport is not tolerable behaviour as well.
- jjs 13y ago> FWIW, I totally agree that just a "No." is bad, entirely understand what it resulted in. However, going after a developer in a bugreport is not tolerable behaviour as well. So why did you go after him? (I realize that by "a developer" you meant yourself, not Felipe. I still consider this a fair question.)
- dredmorbius 13y agoThe attitude and culture go back at least a decade. Well before the recent round of criticisms. It started somewhere near the top, and the culture's settled in. I've written off the project a long time back.
- jjs 13y ago> Bottom line: These people, [whether] they are arrogant, impolite or unsympathetic to users does not refute the fact that they are giving their time to the project. > GNOME has been under fire since the famous GNOME 3 release and I would understand the remaining developers to be a little touchy on the matter. At some point, you either stop - or you decide: Fuck this - I will just ignore user-input, because it sucks. To put it bluntly: if they've given up on making what users want, what's so special about their giving their time to the project? Why should anyone care, other than for fear that the developers will continue to make things even worse?