Re: developer vs user wants
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote:
> I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked
> me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want.
>
> Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application
> window, and there's a boolean which turns this on. When you get the
> code from cvs, it's off, but when they make a release, they turn it
> on.
>
> The developer at limewire that I spoke to asked me to turn them on, so
> I guess that I should, although that's not what users are going to
> want.
I'd ship it as I got it. If you're using CVS it's off, if you're using
the released code it's on. So the solution is simple if it is the
release code you're using.
People have said look at the user's best interest. The user's best long
term interest is a happy upstream.
- Craig
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