On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: > You think the developers are above criticism?
They shouldn't be, but there's no need to criticize the developers for what's going on here. The problems with iD so far aren't fundamental fatal flaws, but simply bugs or missing features that everyone agrees should be fixed (and work is underway). > For them to say "OK, we've made a mistake, why don't you fix it?" is arrogant. Developers should not be put on pedestals. The iD developers are not saying that. They are saying "help us fix these issues with detailed bug reports and constructive discussions." A descriptive report on the issue tracker is *infinitely more* productive than inflammatory comments here. If you look at the iD issue tracker, you'll see the developers have done a wonderful job fixing bugs that get reported. They have consistently kept the closed-open ratio of issues at about 10:1 or better throughout development (and we're currently coming up on 1400 closed issues). Compared to the average free software project this is pretty amazing. So pedestals, no. But I do think that deserves some applause. > I think it needs pointing out, yet again, that we are all volunteers, all putting in time & effort for the good of the project. Right. So avoiding behaviour and comments that might drive away hard-working and well-meaning volunteers is probably a good plan. -- AJ Ashton
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