On 2 August 2013 14:55, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Heinz Diehl <htd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 02.08.2013, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> >>> While one could consider not answering a bugreport to be a display of >>> bad manners >> >> It first and foremost is demotivating, which in turn results in fewer >> bug reports, which in turn results in worse software.. > > So why is it demotivating to some and not to others? Rather than try > to fix every bug every release and politely respond to every bug > report because none of that is ever going to happen we can think about > our expectations and the value of our reports and rather than become > demotivated take satisfaction from knowing we made a valuable > contribution regardless of whether we know anything about what > happened to it after we reported it or not. > > Failure to have your expectations met leads to demotivation and the > easiest way to fix that is to change your expectations. > The Church of Bugzilla? -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org