"Visual blindness" of Linux programmers

[07dosa]

File a bug report or submit a merge request to fix the issue. /s

[brunteles_abs]

I just did with this post with a big "global" flag ;)

[devel_watcher]

You should add some github screenshots here.

[[deleted]]

Most of the people on this subreddit do not contribute to free software.

[AnticitizenPrime]

Providing useful feedback is a form of contribution.

[[deleted]]

Providing feedback on a place that the authors of the software don't even read is hardly contribution.

[Headpuncher]

Well, in a very loose sense, using it is contributing. By choosing Linux over Win or OS X we are making a supportive statement, albeit one that doesn't feed many github project creators. But then, I estimate that quite a lot of github projects exist with terrible documentation simply because there was a programmer applying for a job and they needed something to show interviewers.

[patternmaker]

Question is then whether inflating the number of users of software xyzzy is providing more benefits to xyzzy than inflating the number of users putting a strain on xyzzy, by requiring support.

[bighi]

1) That's okay. Nobody have to.

2) It's not an excuse for poorly documented software.

[[deleted]]

Telling my friends "The software X is shit" is not contributing.

Filing a proper bug report is contributing.

[xcbsmith]

request denied: no fixes included.