akareillyJan 3, 2023
Open source: “You shouldn’t want that”
People: “but I need this”
Open source: “It’s commercial and evil”
People: “It does things I need”
Open source: “Use this instead”
People: “It’s not accessible”
Open source: “Build your own then”
People: “I don’t have the time and knowledge to build my own. I will use the commercial, accessible, usable thing”
Open source: You’re using what you use because you hate freedom!
Show threadPaul J WegeJan 3, 2023

@akareilly @anneroth I would say, that is not the typical dialog in Open Source.
Here is an example how feature requests are normally handled:

"@Gargron
I don't feel as strongly about quote posts as I did in 2018. Personally, I am not a fan, but there is clearly a lot of demand for it. We're considering it."

Show threadakareilly

@makeratschool @anneroth

Ich habe mehr als ein Jahrzehnt Erfahrung in der Arbeit mit Feature Requests in Open Source, weshalb ich dies geschrieben habe.

Wie schön wäre es, wenn es so wäre wie auf dem von Ihnen geposteten Screenshot.

Jan 3, 2023 at 9:19pmWeb