[OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

On 03/22/2011 11:46 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:

> From reading around there over the last several years, I've
> gotten the very strong impression that the devs listen to nobody except
> each other.  I may, of course, be wrong, but that's how it looks to me.

Everyone has an opinion on how software should be (including the 
developers!), so open source developers will indeed filter input based 
on the person's credibility.

If you want to be taken seriously by devs, it helps to file constructive 
bug reports in the upstream bugzilla, AFTER researching the existing 
reports.

After you become proficient at researching bugs, you can help triage 
bugs, without any coding expertise. That enhances credibility too. See:
http://live.gnome.org/Bugsquad

It helps even more if you submit patches. Obviously you may not have the 
expertise to submit code patches, but some people do. And just about 
everyone can submit documentation improvements! Easily!

I mean this as a helpful guide to gaining credibility with devs, rather 
than as any sort of attack...

- Mike