Re: [bug #37411] Diagonal matrix attribution error and diag function bugs

[Paul Soderlind]

Hi,

I would like to give my (user) perspective on this. 

Users report bugs to hopefully get them fixed, but also to contribute to the
Octave project. That sense of helping the community is quickly ruined if the
reply is that you have to pay: money is a delicate issue in a collaborative
effort like Octave. 

I can well see that developers could ask for payment to fix issues that are
(a) not important and (b) tricky to fix. But, the developer has to explain
that in a polite manner to the user - and give an offer (before the work is
done). This is not the same as asking for payment for work that is already
done, at least not in terms of attitude. 

Paul S



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