Re: we now have "lilypond" organization on GitHub

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 24/09/13 15:45, David Kastrup wrote:
> "you" is you.  So start fixing it.  You know better than everybody else
> what is in need of fixing, so go ahead.

Every time I raise usability issues related to the contribution tools, I run 
into this big wall of denial that there is actually a problem.  And rather than 
recognizing this as a concern of someone who wants to contribute, you throw it 
back at me as somehow a sign of inadequate commitment, that I complain without 
solving the problem.

I freely admit that I don't have all the technical skills needed to provide a 
solution to this problem.  But I _do_ know what user experience I have 
contributing to other projects, and it is very, very different to what I have 
when trying to contribute to Lilypond.  I don't think that it is wrong (or 
unhelpful) of me to point out that difference.

The thing is, even if I _did_ have all the technical skills required, or if I 
invested time and effort to learn them, do I have any guarantee that my work 
would be rewarded with acceptance of my solution?  The hostile reception to my 
saying, "Here are a set of usability problems" doesn't exactly encourage my hope 
that a solution would be welcomed.