On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:44 PM, J. Liles <malnourite@gmail.com> wrote:

To put it another way, any aspect of the software,be it features or fixes, that does not directly affect the workflow of the developer is done purely for the sake of others

the topic of the semi-private ardour developers IRC channel is this:

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. (Lewis Carroll)

honestly, i'm not attempting to sound preachy.

To be clear, I'm not advocating not helping others, I'm simply pointing out the altruistic nature of developers responding to bug reports. The OP makes it seem like he's doing the developer a big favor by engaging in the reporting process--when the truth is that his 15 minute bug report generates hours of work for the developer--that the developer could have most likely lived his entire life without needing to do otherwise. There's an underlying sense of entitlement there that is really toxic to any process of collaboration.