Debian: contempt for "end user" values has to stop!"

[Derek Broughton]

Samuel Thurston, III wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Ray Leventhal<ubuntu at swhi.net> wrote:
> 
>> The complaint that 'I'm not a developer, I can't do this' is hogwash.
> 
> Is it? Do you think it's a good idea to have amateur coders
> spitballing package fixes to get things done? 

Absolutely.  They don't get "commit" access - somebody still has to check 
and then commit their patches.  Now, if he submits a fix, and the maintainer 
either ignores it or dismisses it derisively (both things do happen), _then_ 
he has grounds for his complaint.

> and regarding the post author's font problems: defoma? is that an end
> user tool?

I certainly hope not :-)
-- 
derek