I want to thank Peter for this post. I personally try to get to Mailman stuff a couple times a week, but in the interests of time management, I generally don't respond to very much absolutely immediately. Some weeks it's worse than others, and I think it's just been a bad one for most of us :)

John

On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 06:34:05PM +0100, Tomas Fasth wrote:

Peter, as a bystander myself I can certainly understand your frustration and have sometimes found myself in similar situations. But I also think you might have to lower your expectations on other people's urge to please you.

Here's some basic guidelines when dealing with free software:

• Don't expect someone else to do more than yourself.
• Improvements are done through working code, not fancy suggestions.
• Be humble to the fact that active developers are sacrificing their free time.
• Your situation is of common interest only if it results in a collective benefit.
• Always share your experiences, but never expect other to do the same.
• The more you contribute, the more respect and honor you will receive.
• If you are to criticize, make it factual and constructive.
• If you want improvements, use constructive suggestions, not complains.
• If your suggestions are not addressed, implement them yourself, or try to fill your needs with a different piece of software, never demand it from others.
• If you get no response from the community, there is always a good reason.
• Be patient.

Tomas

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