On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:31 AM Matthias Clasen <matthias.cla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will ignore the childish name-calling here and just state that as far as > I am concerned, > the bugs you file are donations to the project. What we do with them is up > to us. If we decide > to fix them, good for you. If not, that's tough and annoying, but lets > face it: there is an infinite > number of bug reporters out there, and only a handful of people who spend > their free time trying > to keep up with it, so some bugs will always go unfixed, that is just > reality. > > > Much as I would hate to extend this conversation beyond what was said; I felt compelled to comment. I feel like this is not a very positive message to send to the overall community. While brutally true, there is an underlying messaging that encourages a "why bother?" response from potential contributors. I am sure that is not that the intent but messaging is important. While none of you are PR people and tend to dispense with messaging in lieu of fortright conversations - I would like to point out that if we want to increase resources for GTK+ and not be a small group of overworked core GTK+ people the first step is ensure that we are a community worth investing time and effort in. Every contributor who takes an actionable step and reports a bug is a potential future core contributor. Please remember that. A person who attempts to fix a bug with a patch is even more valuable. Cheers, sri
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