Linked by Bob "number9" Minvielle on Fri 13th Jun 2003 18:51 UTC
General Development Having written open source software myself, and being a subscriber to mailing lists, etc, there is a realization that the number one thing missing from smaller open source projects is feedback from users.
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RE: I would but ...
by Don Cox on Fri 13th Jun 2003 20:11 UTC

In my experience, programmers are very pleased to have suggestions, and even more pleased to get well researched bug reports.

If a suggestion is not practical, the programmer will say so, but there is never any harm in asking (politely).

I'm sure they all like to be thanked, too.