From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:13:18 GMT Subject: Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued Message-ID: In-Reply-To: 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