Let me recap part of this discussion:
1. Someone from Microsoft (not me) offered to help get Inkscape on the Windows store.
2. There was an ensuing discussion on this mailing list about that topic.
3. I contributed a data point to this discussion, noting that a new OS version requiring apps to use the Windows store was released last week.
4. Amongst the responses to this were some including that classic FOSS sentiment, "if you want it, go build it yourself." (Which, as Coding horror notes, sometimes means "F**k you.")
Now, Inkscape on the Windows store has never been a goal of mine.* I'm glad that it's there now, but it doesn't particularly affect _me_ one way or the other. This was not a feature request; I was merely trying to contribute a useful data point to a discussion underway.
However, I am disappointed in _us_ as a community, for responding this way to a discussion.
We've had discussions on this list in the past about ways to be considerate and welcoming, rather than just responding to feature requests with things like "patches welcome" -- and this wasn't even a feature request. It doesn't bother me (much) personally to have someone suggest that I go code something-- sometimes I do! -- but it does bother me (a lot) if our community thinks that this is an appropriate response.
Please, let us all collectively try to be more considerate and welcoming to others interested in improving Inkscape.
-Windell
(* Just saw the message from Marc Jeanmougin -- Looks like the question in the original discussion is moot, since Inkscape is already on the Windows store. Thank you for your work on this, Marc.)
On May 11, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
So. If you want Windows store support for Inkscape. Please, please, go right ahead and start building that.
On May 11, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Miguel Lopez <reptillia39@...3425...> wrote:
In that case, either Windell H. Oskay, and/or Microsoft can put Inkscape into the store, [...]
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