<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000'><br>----- "Mark Garland" <mythtvusers@markgarland.co.uk> wrote:
<br>> > Something needs to be said here...<br>> > It easy to sit back and criticize someone's work. I have been following<br>> > the progress Mythtv has been making, and there's a lot of work being<br>> > done by about 10 principle developers...<br>> > I have been involved in many projects in my life,but have left a few do<br>> > to this kind of reaction....It's open source...If you don't like<br>> > something fix it if you have the skills,if not sit back and wait..<br>> > Submit bug reports if you must,but don't moan and groan about something<br>> > that is costing you nothing...<br>> <br>> I guess it is a tricky line to tread, and one that different people will see<br>> differently.<br>> <br>> At one end of the spectrum, there was someone a few weeks back who wrapped<br>> their post in "<rant>" tags, and I would suggest that this is not the best<br>> way to get the time-limited devs on your side. ;-)<br>> <br>> However, at the other end of the spectrum, if something isn't working well<br>> for someone, then I think this list is *exactly the right place* to air<br>> these concerns - who knows, a dev may have implemented a feature which they<br>> feel is useful for their personal usage however many of the user base may<br>> agree that it does not work for them, and this may be enough to get it<br>> changed.<br>> <br>> Where exactly the OP's post fits on this spectrum, I'll let you decide,<br>> however I've reread the post twice and can't really see the reaction here.<br>> <br>> My fear would be (and I am not saying that this is happening on this list)<br>> if people get too scared to raise issues they are having because they have<br>> seen too many "don't moan and groan about something that is costing you<br>> nothing" responses. I remember reading so many flaming posts on the<br>> Hibernate forums that as a newbie I was too scared to post my question, and<br>> this surely can't be good for the project as a whole.<br>> <br>> HTH,<br>> <br>> MG<br>> <br><br>I think you have to realize that MythTV is bigger than just an open-source project. It's being used by people that have no idea how a computer even works. This is a valid part of any projects user base, and as a dev myself (not MythTV), I need to keep them in mind as much as the technical people.<br><br>That being said, .21 to .22 was a big change (QT3 to QT4), and the test base is a bit small for a project of this size. Sometimes issues get through, and that's what -fixes are for.<br><br>Gerald<br><br></div></body></html>