Perhaps many of the core developers don't care if windows users take
the project seriously?
On Sep 19, 2006, at 4:26 AM, Naz Gassiep wrote:
>
>> It's the folks who think that non-Windows-using developers should
>> care
>> about Vista that bug me. This is open-source code, people. Scratch
>> your own itch.
>>
> The "scratch your own itch" line can only be pushed so far, if it
> is being said by a developer who works on a project that desires to
> be taken seriously by professionals in industry. For minor
> features, yes, perhaps it could be argued that the core team could
> ignore certain issues, and just wait for a patch. For something
> like Vista compatibility, if you want to be taken seriously by
> anyone who uses Windows (hands up anyone who knows a Windows user),
> "scratch your own itch" is not really going to cut it, IMHO. I'm
> used to getting that line when talking to 2 developer obscure
> projects that have a userbase of a half a dozen, but for a project
> like PostgreSQL, the "they tell you to do it yourself" brush is one
> we do NOT want to get tarred with.
>
> If we don't have the resources to cope with a Vista port
> immediately then so be it. If it's low priority, so be it. However,
> lets not appear to deride as unnecessary that which we cannot
> immediately provide a solution to. That's small time project
> mentality.
>
> - Naz.
>
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