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Yes, the fact that a vocal chunk of opensource users expose an attitude that could be summed up as "you wrote this tool I'm using, you're obliged to fix all my
by Xylakant 12y ago
Yes, the fact that a vocal chunk of opensource users expose an attitude that could be summed up as "you wrote this tool I'm using, you're obliged to fix all my issues with it" is a constant strain on open source contributors. It's certainly not as bad as death threats, but it's still a problem and it's one that needs to be called out.
People need to be aware that something was given to them and that they need to give back in return if they want to preserve what was given. I, personally, think that a humbly written bug report is sufficient in terms of giving, but courtesy towards the author/maintainer should always be included in a bug report. I try to add PRs when I can, but I obviously can't in all cases.