[mdlug] Open source projects - when to say no!

[Mark Montague]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 2:28 PM, Clinton Weiss <cvweiss at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm involved in a couple of different open source projects** and in each 
> there are particular demands from people.  These demands, while 
> reasonable, just aren't feasible for the developers.
>
> What's the best way to get people to stop demanding support for features 
> X, Y, and Z in a polite and professional manner?
>   

Here's a standard response:

"That's a great idea, which we'd love to see in Project XYZ.  We don't 
have the resources to work on it ourselves right now, but we'd be happy 
to accept a well-written patch that implements it."

                Mark Montague
                markmont at umich.edu