[gst-devel] Re: Totem or no Totem was Re: GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.0: "Mighty Atom"

[Shahms King]

> >  I really hate this attitude, I must say. 
> 
> The attitude is indeed bad :) The root cause is however unavoidable.  
> We're all still free time hackers (speaking for GStreamer).  So while we 
> may not react that way (ie, saying "shut up"), the net result might be the 
> same.
> 
> > I, as developer, would love to hear users complain about missing
> > features, so I can prioritize my development time according to users'
> > needs, thus improving the usefulness of the software.
> 
> Yep, that's the ideal.  We don't get that many feature requests however.
> 
> Thomas

As a lurker on the list, (and developer on "other stuff") I must say
that most of the "feature requests" posted by users aren't really all
that helpful and are frequently antagonistic toward the project or
developers themselves.  Why this is, I have no idea; but it is certainly
unfortunate, given that the developers themselves, when confronted with
a genuine complaint, bug, or feature request are frequently very helpful
and responsive (even if they don't have the free time required to add
the feature, they will usually give some sort of feedback on it).

-- 
Shahms King <shahms at shahms.com>