On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 10:46 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 09/29/2011 02:02 AM, Craig White wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 15:15 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: > > >> I think you're missing the point. A major goal of any leading-edge > >> distro is to get feedback from users on new features. In other words, > >> getting negative feedback from users isn't a bug, it's a feature. > > ---- > > sure - but let's not confuse excessive vocalizations by 15 people or so > > to represent a significant percentage. > > We don't have any real way to figure out how representative complaints > are. We can only act on what we hear: the squeaky wheel is the one > that gets the grease, as ever. ---- I think you are now understanding why few developers monitor the various users lists. ---- > > > I vaguely recall the mantra... it's not a bug if it's not in bugzilla - > > does that not apply any more? > > Huh? ---- are you that new to RH and Linux? ---- > > > Then of course, there's feedback appropriateness... perhaps you should > > earmark a bugzilla page, a wiki page or a forum page for sound off > > because the same people griping about the same things over and over > > again on the mail list really denigrates the usefulness of the mail > > list. > > You and I don't get to decide how other people complain. They're free > to complain in any way they want. If they think they're being ignored > in one forum they'll find another. All that we can decide is how we > respond to their complaints. ---- OK - respond Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines