[mythtv-users] Feature request. MythVideo folder browser.
Dan Morphis
dan at milkcarton.com
Fri May 21 16:12:43 EDT 2004
Phill Wiggin wrote:
> C'mon. It's a Feature Request, not a Feature Demand. Why get all ...
> indignant (?) ... when someone points out something that might make
> the project more usable? Why not just say, "If enough people need
> this, we might add it in the future. In the mean time, you might try
The problem is the "we". You presume that the developers and
contributors on the project just sit around and wait for people to
submit ideas. They don't. If the developers and contributors on the
project have an itch, they scratch it.
1,000 people could request this feature, and I don't honestly see Isaac,
Thor, Bruce, Matt, J Donavan, Chris, Kirby, Myself, or any of the other
regular contributors chomping at the bit waiting for people to demand
more of their time. The developers and contributors have an idea for
something they'd like to see mythtv do, and they implement it. Take
for example the language support, if I recall the thread way back when
correctly; someone said they want to see the text translated into abc
language. Isaac said something to the effect of, then impliment it and
send in a patch. This person did, and the rest is history.
If MythTV was a commercial product, there would be no problem with
asking the developers, (whom you are paying by way of buying a license
to the product) to impliment xyz feature. But the fact is, MythTV is a
free, open source project. If their is a preticular feature you want,
impliment it.
-dan
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