On Sun, 2022-01-09 at 10:27 -0400, George N. White III wrote:
Growth in the numbers of users of open source software.has outpaced the numbers working on development, documentation, and packaging. I suspect many users are blindly following recipes found on the internet or using code written but someone who is no longer with the organisation. In economics this falls under the class of "free-rider" problems where people want public services but aren't willing to fund them. Maybe we need compulsory public service where youngsters are put to work in the conventional ways (military, hospitals, etc.) or software projects.
Line 12, help I'm being held prisoner in a software factory
;-)
There might just be more participation if bug reports weren't so-often ignored or shot down in flames (not a Fedora-specific complaint).