Re: [gnome-love] Does gnome hate me and want me to go away?

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

Hal Ashburner wrote:
> Dear gnome-love,
> 2 months after I submitted this patch in bugzilla it hasn't been 
> reviewed or even looked at.
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166485
> It really is a bug, it really does exist, this patch really fixes it on 
> my system.

Get some people to test the patch. Not all developers / reviewers have 
multi-screen systems, so testing by other users is valuable.

Sometimes you have to push to make things happen. Emailing the 
maintainer(s) directly is one way. Just do it politely. Volunteer 
maintainers don't respond well to cranky emails :-) Maintaining software 
is hard and time-consuming, and typically pays nothing...

And, as Emmanuele said, stick around, contribute more, and make yourself 
known as a useful contributor! Patches from repeat and respected 
contributors naturally attract more attention from maintainers.

Thanks for your contributions!

- Mike