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Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued

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)
Message-ID:  <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:
>
> 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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