Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Sometimes, some people come to GCC developers with the assumptions
> that they must be obscure ignorant and miles-of-code-writers-without-
> thinking and as such are very willing to endlessly lecture them about
> how ignorant they are and how they should do their jobs.

I have never considered GCC developers to be ignorant, and perhaps what
I perceive as "rudeness" is in fact frsutration accumulated over many
years. If anything, this is one of the brightest developer groups.

> That is not meant to excuse what you perceive to be rudeness, but to
> point out that the communication channel works both ways.

A good point. I shall attempt to be a bit less sensitive and more
understanding, on the assumption that others will return the favor.

..Scott