[OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

[Joe Zeff]

On 03/22/2011 09:04 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
> I mean this as a helpful guide to gaining credibility with devs, rather
> than as any sort of attack...

That, alas, all depends on the devs and their attitude.  I use the Pan 
newsreader.  The dev is a member of the support mailing list and listens 
to the concerns of the users.  Sometimes it's not practical for him to 
change something, but when that happens, he explains why.  He also makes 
it clear that if you're able to work up a patch that does what you want 
he'll be glad to look at it and fold it in if it doesn't cause other 
problems.  Alas, he's pretty burned out on the project and looking to 
pass the torch.  Compare that to the Gnome devs who avoid the help forum 
for their project like the plague, and the Fedora devs who either don't 
frequent their forum or do so incognito.