Features wishlist for xfce 4.1

[Ylosar Goer]

Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> of _course_ it's subjective.  that's the whole point.  these projects 
> exist because of people wanting to code things because they think they 
> are fun and useful.  if *i* don't think it's useful, *i* am not going to 
> code it.  if someone else wants to, and the maintainer feels that 
> including the patch doesn't pose a problem (whether in performance or 
> code maintenance - whatever), then that's fine.  but if you want a 
> feature in a codebase, one of the most important steps is *getting it 
> written*.  if no one wants to take the initiative in coding it, it's not 
> going to happen.  you can't expect a developer of an OSS project to 
> write something they don't care about or aren't interested in.
> 
> you may disagree with this viewpoint, but that's just how it is.
> 
> on a side note, i think the whole petition idea is a little silly.  on 
> one hand, if a developer says, "i think this is an interesting feature, 
> but it's not something i want to add because i don't think there's much 
> call for it.  if you can prove me wrong here, i'll add it," then i can 
> see the utility of such a petition.  but if someone is expecting to use 
> an unsolicited petition as leverage - "you HAVE to add this feature 
> because X number of people want it!" - then i totally disagree with the 
> use of a petition.  perhaps i'm petty and spiteful, but i would 
> probably go out of my way to deny a feature if a petition for it were 
> being used in such an underhanded manner.

These are my exact points of view on both subjects :) (and that's great 
because i would have need a lot of time to write down what i was 
silently thinking!)