Richard Guenther wrote: > On 6/15/05, Scott Robert Ladd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>But an objection from one of the bugmasters *is* enough to keep people >>from presenting a patch. > > How do you come to this conclusion? From my experience this > is untrue - bugs get fixed because either someone feels resposible, > it's too easy to do, or someone has personal interest in getting the > bug fixed. Negative or positive comments do not change this.
When a bugmaster posts a pejorative response, it strongly implies that any effort in patch will be rejected or ignored. I know for a fact that several people have been chased away from working on GCC by the pithy attitudes of some GCC developers. Heaven knows why I stick around and keep trying to help out; it must be a perverse stubborn streak, akin to masochism. ;) Why go through the effort of creating a patch when it is likely to be rejected or ignored? I don't get paid to fix GCC bugs, and if a bug does not affect my code personally, I have little incentive but the goodness in my heart to fix bugs that affect other people's code. Mark has a valid concern: Why aren't bugs being fixed? One answer is: The GCC community is often less than welcoming, friendly, and helpful. You may not like or believe the answer, but if you want more people to help GCC for free, an attitude adjustment may be required on your part. It's not as if there aren't many other challenging projects for people to participate in. ..Scott
