I don’t know if you’re ragebaiting or are just a massive fucking asshole tbh, but when someone develops an application for free and for fun for anyone to use, I’m not complaining about too many fucking .desktop files.
If that’s the case, that would be a fair complaint that should be fixed, but I can’t really reproduce any problems on KDE or XFCE. Then, it should also be reported as a bug so they’re aware.
While I agree that the seva should have looked out for it in the first place I think it being volunteer work and open source you or anybody else that has the time and knowledge could fix it too and give back. If it’s indeed easily solvable.
This is true, but it is not possible to solve every problem you come across; sometimes the most you have time to do to help is to provide feedback. It is also much more efficient for someone who already has experience and familiarity with the codebase to make the change. “Do it yourself” should not be the first option taken.
For example, after learning from experienced people in this thread, I now know that if I had tried to implement this change myself, it would either be rejected or I would have wasted an hour or two of research finding out why it would be rejected-- apparently this program’s plugin system has plugins make new desktop files, so it’s done this way for plugin support. An experienced maintainer of this project would know that and avoid wasting time on a change (or have the social authority to make the choice to move to a different desktop file system for plugins).
It doesn’t mean it is free that it has to be mediocre. I also do work for “free and fun” and I don’t see it as a reason to take a shit on my project. Either accept criticism or just keep the damn code for yourself.
You’re encouraging mediocre work
I don’t know if you’re ragebaiting or are just a massive fucking asshole tbh, but when someone develops an application for free and for fun for anyone to use, I’m not complaining about too many fucking .desktop files.
Apparently it causes issues with “Open With” menu entry spam in some DEs. It’s a minor issue but easily solvable and it impacts usability.
If that’s the case, that would be a fair complaint that should be fixed, but I can’t really reproduce any problems on KDE or XFCE. Then, it should also be reported as a bug so they’re aware.
Agreed
While I agree that the seva should have looked out for it in the first place I think it being volunteer work and open source you or anybody else that has the time and knowledge could fix it too and give back. If it’s indeed easily solvable.
This is true, but it is not possible to solve every problem you come across; sometimes the most you have time to do to help is to provide feedback. It is also much more efficient for someone who already has experience and familiarity with the codebase to make the change. “Do it yourself” should not be the first option taken.
For example, after learning from experienced people in this thread, I now know that if I had tried to implement this change myself, it would either be rejected or I would have wasted an hour or two of research finding out why it would be rejected-- apparently this program’s plugin system has plugins make new desktop files, so it’s done this way for plugin support. An experienced maintainer of this project would know that and avoid wasting time on a change (or have the social authority to make the choice to move to a different desktop file system for plugins).
It doesn’t mean it is free that it has to be mediocre. I also do work for “free and fun” and I don’t see it as a reason to take a shit on my project. Either accept criticism or just keep the damn code for yourself.
Yeah you’re ragebaiting good one lmao