[mythtv-users] Feature request. MythVideo folder browser.

[Dan Morphis]

Phill Wiggin wrote:
>  C'mon. It's a Feature Request, not a Feature Demand. Why get all ...
>  indignant (?) ... when someone points out something that might make
>  the project more usable? Why not just say, "If enough people need
>  this, we might add it in the future. In the mean time, you might try
The problem is the "we".  You presume that the developers and 
contributors on the project just sit around and wait for people to 
submit ideas.  They don't.  If the developers and contributors on the 
project have an itch, they scratch it.

1,000 people could request this feature, and I don't honestly see Isaac, 
Thor, Bruce, Matt, J Donavan, Chris, Kirby, Myself, or any of the other 
regular contributors chomping at the bit waiting for people to demand 
more of their time.  The developers and contributors have an idea for 
something they'd like to see mythtv do,  and they implement it.  Take 
for example the language support, if I recall the thread way back when 
correctly; someone said they want to see the text translated into abc 
language.  Isaac said something to the effect of, then impliment it and 
send in a patch.  This person did, and the rest is history.

If MythTV was a commercial product, there would be no problem with 
asking the developers, (whom you are paying by way of buying a license 
to the product) to impliment xyz feature.  But the fact is, MythTV is a 
free, open source project.  If their is a preticular feature you want, 
impliment it.

-dan