HwaJongOh wrote:
"The best way to complain is to make things." -- James Murphy
I cannot figure out James's words to make sense, yet.
I guess it means "don't complain that something is broken: fix it, or make something better". That's good advice, but of course sometimes it's not possible - I may not have the knowledge, skill or right to fix it. In that case, reporting the problem to the owner is sensible. It helps to say nice things about the owner and his product at the start and end of the report, and report the bug calmly and objectively. If that's advice for the bug finder, then advice for the code owner is of course "don't shoot the messenger". We need to distinguish between the fact that there's a bug (which is bad) and the fact that we now at least know about the bug (which is good). We made the bug (bad us!), and the bug reporter told us about it (good for him!), so we should grit our teeth and thank the bug reporter. ...and of course, I find this advice as hard to follow as anyone else! Steve