[off-topic] PhotoPrint

[Peter Flynn]

On 27/04/2023 14:22, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
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> I backed up my stance with a historical example that actually
> happened. I see what you're saying in return, but as a developer
> myself, I don't really see what you're seeing.

I think there are cultural and geographical differences involved too.

Both commercial software and FLOSS are prone to bugs, and both will 
sometimes fail to believe the user or fail to listen to them. Most of 
what FLOSS does is fine for my circumstances, both professionally and 
otherwise, but I use a mix of software where necessary. I also make 
contributions to FLOSS because I feel it's important to support the authors.

> As for programmers not caring, in all instances I've seen this, it
> was the result of a lack of understanding by the person requesting
> that something be done.

Certainly a lack of vocabulary and a lack of knowledge about how to 
report a bug in a way that will entice the programmer to fix it.

> [...] FLOSS devs are even willing to go to those great lengths in
> some instances, but they have other priorities that slow down total
> overhauls like that.
They do indeed. But sometimes they simply have a different agenda, and 
making the interface usable is often well down the list below making it 
work correctly, which is fair enough.

> At any rate, this is a mailing list about a primarily open-source 
> operating system with open-source software, 

Long may it continue.

Peter