Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued
[Posted October 17, 2007 by corbet]
| From: |
| Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org> |
| To: |
| Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin-AT-gmx.de> |
| Subject: |
| Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued |
| Date: |
| Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:13:18 -0700 (PDT) |
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| <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710131810550.6887@woody.linux-foundation.org> |
| Cc: |
| "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields-AT-fieldses.org>,
Jakub Narebski <jnareb-AT-gmail.com>, git-AT-vger.kernel.org |
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> My main point is -- and always was -- that I'd like people to realise how
> much it depends on _them_ if (and when) their wishes come true.
Dscho, that's just not fair.
The fact is, stating what you wish for *is* taking an action. Starting to
complain about people stating their wishes (which you have done several
times) is simply unreasonable.
You don't have to *do* what they wish for, but I really wish you stopped
complaining about people bringing up their hopes for improvement.
Complain about it when somebody asks for something *stupid*. Explain why
it would be wrong to do something like that. But don't complain about
people having wish-lists, even if those people may not work on them.
Not everybody is a "doer". It's important to get input from people who are
just plain users, or hope to be.
Linus
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