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- Most of the software you are running on your Linux system has been developed at least partially just as a hobby. Thus your argument against implementing it yourself is not valid. After you have implemented and published it yourself you will no longer need to say that you can program just a tiny bit. This is how you learn to program and this is how open source works. The best way to communicate ideas to these projects is to program them. :)snap– snap2011-08-11 15:57:36 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2011 at 15:57
- @snap :) thanks. I agree with you, yet there is a difference between a programming hobbyist that works daily as a programmer and that who works a social scientist. As I am of the second category, I happen to spend months without programming when I'm caught up in my own work, forgetting most of what I learned in the process.neydroydrec– neydroydrec2011-08-11 16:50:25 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2011 at 16:50
- @Benjamin the difference being that one maintains their skillset and the other doesn't... seriously though... nobody upstream is going to listen or care unless you're contributing (or offering to pay them). It sucks, I'm sorry, but it's unfortunately the way it works. There might be a few individuals that's not true of, but good luck finding them.xenoterracide– xenoterracide2011-08-12 14:45:29 +00:00Commented Aug 12, 2011 at 14:45
- @xenoterracide: thanks, i understand. See my philosophy is: I can't implement my idea, but why should I keep the idea to myself? The least I can do is to give it to those who can. If people don't like it or don't want to use it, then it's their choice. If it does get implemented, then everybody's happy. But I'll survive even if that idea doesn't get implemented :)neydroydrec– neydroydrec2011-08-12 15:28:02 +00:00Commented Aug 12, 2011 at 15:28
- @Benjamin like I said... good luck with that... I've been trying for years to get them to fix bugs... they don't. Sometimes they do without realizing the bug was there... how easy do you think it'll be to get them to add features.xenoterracide– xenoterracide2011-08-12 17:25:36 +00:00Commented Aug 12, 2011 at 17:25
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