On Friday, July 19, 2019 8:22:26 AM CDT, Richard Brown wrote:
Sure, you do not need to contribute.
But then don't demean and deminish the work of people who do the work you dont have the time or the inclination to do, and then share the proceeds of their work with you, for free.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. This right here makes it feel like anyone who has a complaint had best be willing to step up and maintain things. Just last night when I told someone to make a complaint about how slow the kernels were being released, I was met with the reply "And be told to contribute? No thanks". I am not at all demeaning anything by complaining about how things are going. If every time someone has a complaint, you're just going to tell them to contribute, eventually people are just going to stop making complaints. I have seen this first hand.
That doesn't mean your posts are not welcome, but consider the tone and the content of your posts and ensure they convey the feelings and respect you wish to the volunteers you are dependant on.
I'm sorry, but my tone was not rude or demanding. I simply was letting y'all know how frustrated something like this makes me.
For example, a single "simple fix" provided by a motivated volunteer is worth more than an infinate amount of your mailinglist posts threatening to take your use of a free distribution if we don't do what you tell us.
Then make a clear call for maintainers and don't make it seem like this is a call to drop the package.
I work really hard to never critique the hard work of others as a "simple fix", unless I am absolutely willing to take on that work with or instead of them.
You are reading into things more than you should. Sorry, but this is a simple fix. Not at all a fix worth removing an entire popular desktop environment from Factory for. If this was a call for maintainers, sorry, but it should have been a bit more clear as it seems like a call to delete MATE. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org