[wewtyflakes]

> And let's say someone makes a patch that implements a new error message that specifies which of the two rules regarding table names has been breached, then what? More complaints about the next quirk? Some other error message?

Yes, this is how software development is done, assuming you like your customers.

[cess11]

Who are you referring to? Is it even someone in this thread?

[wewtyflakes]

I was quoting you, using the > sign to refer to what you said directly. I thought the quote was useful to highlight that it can be easy to have a mental disconnect, or even an antagonism, between developers and their stakeholders.

[cess11]

Who exactly are the "customers" and "stakeholders" here?

[wewtyflakes]

The people who use the software of the people who write the software. If the word "customers" is triggering, the argument holds just as well as for "users".

[cess11]

Why are you dodging the question? Who are you talking about, and why?

It's not the commenters above that complained about the error message, they aren't users and highly unlikely to ever become users. Instead you've brought in some unspecified other for unspecified reasons.

[wewtyflakes]

I answered all of your questions directly.