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Meh. I make free stuff and I'm completely okay with people asking for more free stuff. I might be thinking of adding something you say you need, so it's cool to know what other people's requirements are. If they're simple to implement, and other people submit a test case for it, I'm fine with enhancement requests.

HOWEVER...

I've had a few people who say things like "OMG. YOU MUST DO IT THE WAY I THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT" or "ADD THIS FEATURE OR YOUR NOT A REAL OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTOR." And that is definitely annoying. I have a thick hide and don't mind just ignoring those people, but that shouldn't be the default assumption. The people who work on open source projects are people, so don't be a pushy jerk when you're requesting features from FLOSS projects.

ALSO...

Let people revel in the approval of their peers before pointing out things you would have done differently. This is a cool bit of kit.



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