On 26/02/2008, at 11:54 PM, Hugh Sasse wrote: > This is what I'd really like to challenge. Why && how? There is a > desire that open source spread because of its positive benefits. If > the only RFEs we will accept are from "customers" who can, are > willing to, and have sufficient time to code, then this desire is > "toast". Clearly, too much, too far in the other direction wastes > time, So the open source world needs to encourage people to make > *intelligent* suggestions, which doesn't just mean code; evidence of > use cases is an example of something that would be intelligent.
I will try not to jump so quickly on anybody who makes a request next time... I agree it can be daunting for those new to the scene. I still think a patch is the best way to get your changes made... and having said that Rake is a developer tool, so requests are likely to come from people who should be able to make a patch... ;) and often preparation of a patch also helps the requester better understand what they are asking for (I know it does for me)... Best, -Adam _______________________________________________ Rake-devel mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rake-devel
