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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I've given input several times on development but very often tend to get an answer like "do it yourself"... but if I was a developer I'd do it myself.
This is ESPECIALLY the case for GPL apps primarily developed for Linux.
So the best way to get input back would probably just to write that you very much would like suggestions and bug fixes on the page where the download URL is.
I can't really say I've found this on many more places but Mozilla.org which could obviously be the reason why there is so little feedback..
I've given input several times on development but very often tend to get an answer like "do it yourself"... but if I was a developer I'd do it myself.
This is ESPECIALLY the case for GPL apps primarily developed for Linux.
So the best way to get input back would probably just to write that you very much would like suggestions and bug fixes on the page where the download URL is.
I can't really say I've found this on many more places but Mozilla.org which could obviously be the reason why there is so little feedback..