On Jul 29, 2004, at 12:21 AM, DH wrote:
Why can't you write the patch?
user report bug --> developer (intimate with his module) fix bug
Guess we won't expect this to get done, then?
Not by me, i've done my part.
user notices & understands bug --> user sends a patch
In my experience, demandy users seldom get their favorite bugs fixed.
Demandy? Favorite bug? Schwern was trying to tell me that it wasn't a bug.
DH, Michael has already acknowledged that he was wrong. No need to take this further. Believe me, Michael does you and the rest of the perl community a *huge* favor dealing with MakeMaker as no other sane person wants to do that. Remember that it's not his pet project, but something that many people have worked on and he "just" maintains it. As a heavy user of EU::MM, the last thing I want to see, is Michael abandoning his great work.
Now to the patch thing: Normally folks, like Michael, have very long TODO lists, quite often with many critical bugs of higher priority. Eventually your reported bug will be fixed, but it may take a long time, unless someone else volunteers to fix it. That someone could be you or you could find someone else to fix it.
If you can't fix the problem or find someone to do that, another, much better IMHO, solution is to donate money to The Perl Foundation and submit a grant proposal to fix the bugs you want to be fixed. Remember that a paid job usually raises priority of the problem you want to get fixed.
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