[fred_durst]

> In this specific case I submitted a bug and was told the bug wasn't valid and it was closed.

Maybe that is what you might have said in your blog post instead of a snarky comment. Remember, many people in open source are not from the upper middle class United States / West Coast and will likely not pick up on clever passive aggressive jabs. I completely understand that they are great for being able to deny any accountability for your attacks, but it generally leads to a lot of misunderstanding. Especially from those who do not speak English as their first language.

I really don't mean this to jump on you, but hopefully you might take it as some advice when dealing with large distributed projects that passive aggressive snark, I would guess, ends up actually going over the head of 50% or more of the people.

[ryan_lane]

It wasn't meant as snark or passive aggressive. It's a common topic in open source projects, but it's possible that I was speaking towards an audience that already knows the topic. Sorry if I hadn't explained well, that's my failure.