Re: Woctave-another gui front end

[John W. Eaton]

On 19-Dec-2012, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

| But as to your first point, why do you carp quite so much on people who
| point out the lack of some feature, but don't have the time or abilities
| to contribute?  Maybe those other people are engaged in other worthwhile
| projects that are taking up their time, and maybe they even deal with
| complaints about their projects, but don't immediately jump down the
| other people's throats with "well, what have you done to help?"
| Especially when those people are not actually whining, but just asking
| or answering questions.

I can't speak directly for Jordi, but I think I've had similar
reactions in the past to people that seemed to be demanding something
for nothing, or who seemed to expect that I do some work for them, all
while they were telling me how the work I had already done was somehow
inferior.

Most of the feedback we get is negative (bug reports, complaints about
the things that don't work correctly, comments from people calling us
kindergartners, and so on).  In my experience, years of negative
feedback can wear you down and make you see even reasonable comments
and questions as attacks.  Maybe Jordi needs to take a break from the
list.  I know I did, and that's why I rarely post here now.

jwe