The role of users

[Stuart McGraw]

On 04/20/2012 01:15 PM, Paula Hendricks wrote:
>[...]
> i am a newbie to the group, so i don't have a long history, but i
> have found the group to be nothing but generous and helpful with the
> questions i have had. i realize that we all have different
> expectations and needs and that we all have different experiences
> with products and support groups... and that my experience might not
> be the same as someone else's.
> 
> i'm so grateful to have found this software and this community. THANK
> YOU.

That pretty much sums up my view as well.  I've found this 
list and the gnucash developers far less negative than many 
other open-source project communities.

I find the "negative attitude" referred to in the post you 
are replying to coming not from developers but primarily 
from a small number of posters complaining that the people 
who do the work won't do it in a way the complainers think 
it should be done.  Nothing new there, everyone wants to be 
the boss, directing the work of others.

I've no problem with anyone voicing complaints -- it can
provide needed feedback and balance an excessively rosy 
picture of a project sometimes painted by those close to it.

But to ignore the volunteer nature of gnucash's development
and to demand that someone else do "what I want", not just 
once or twice but repetitively, is, as I've said, simple 
trolling in my view.  <Sigh> unfortunately, although I should 
know better, I just bit again.

> On Apr 20, 2012, at 10:15 AM, David T. wrote:
>> Michael--
>> 
>> Is it your intention to turn THIS thread into another flame war
>> about how members of the community are supposed to contribute?
>> Because that's what it sounds like.
>> 
>> 
>> Your comments also seem to imply that my observations in particular
>> are not to be taken seriously, and I resent that.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, your comments perpetuate the very negative
>> atmosphere that others have noted about the Gnucash community.