Re:Why we never thank open source maintainers
by olejorgenb on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:22PM
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Agreed, the "thanks" feels a bit like the user have "paid" for the feature simply by giving an upfront thanks. The thanks is for the new feature, not for the _existing_ features.
Something like:
> I really like NAME-OF-PROGRAM. Thanks for making it!
>
> One thing that would make it even better for me would be FEATURE-X. What do you think?
would be much better.
Putting some effort into the request/suggestion also helps. Eg. giving a well written rationale/use case. Saying why existing-feature-Y isn't enough, etc.
Something like:
> I really like NAME-OF-PROGRAM. Thanks for making it! > > One thing that would make it even better for me would be FEATURE-X. What do you think?
would be much better.
Putting some effort into the request/suggestion also helps. Eg. giving a well written rationale/use case. Saying why existing-feature-Y isn't enough, etc.