Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Oct 14, 2007, 01:13 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710131810550.6887@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710140135020.25221@racer.site>

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

>
> My main point is -- and always was -- that I'd like people to realise how 
> much it depends on _them_ if (and when) their wishes come true.

Dscho, that's just not fair.

The fact is, stating what you wish for *is* taking an action. Starting to complain about people stating their wishes (which you have done several times) is simply unreasonable.

You don't have to *do* what they wish for, but I really wish you stopped complaining about people bringing up their hopes for improvement.

Complain about it when somebody asks for something *stupid*. Explain why it would be wrong to do something like that. But don't complain about people having wish-lists, even if those people may not work on them.

Not everybody is a "doer". It's important to get input from people who are just plain users, or hope to be.

		Linus