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DiapDealer · 10-04-2018, 06:19 AM

And try not to get annoyed when a volunteer developer of a third-party plugin (used to augment an opensource application) does not agree to incorporate your functionality request. Opensource does not mean "ask and you shall have it." It's not a democracy and I'm not obligated to make a single change that I don't want to make (no matter how "logical" a tiny contingent of its users might think such a change would be).

So try to keep in mind that I didn't have to share my personal tool with anyone at all. That you (and others) find it useful does not grant you any sort of entitlement or oversight into how it should work. Make your suggestion and graciously accept the decision as to whether or not it will be incorporated.

10-04-2018, 06:19 AM	#90
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,645 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	And try not to get annoyed when a volunteer developer of a third-party plugin (used to augment an opensource application) does not agree to incorporate your functionality request. Opensource does not mean "ask and you shall have it." It's not a democracy and I'm not obligated to make a single change that I don't want to make (no matter how "logical" a tiny contingent of its users might think such a change would be). So try to keep in mind that I didn't have to share my personal tool with anyone at all. That you (and others) find it useful does not grant you any sort of entitlement or oversight into how it should work. Make your suggestion and graciously accept the decision as to whether or not it will be incorporated. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-04-2018 at 06:22 AM.