If you don't have something you want and I have (the skill to write this patch), instead of bitching and griping, make it worth my while to do it for you.
Indeed. I work on several open source projects. When a user wants a certain feature really bad, can't code it himself and can't wait for my schedule, then they can always pay for my time to implement it. Problem solved.
If you don't have something you want and I have (the skill to write this patch), instead of bitching and griping, make it worth my while to do it for you.