I disagree that this is a "bad sign". This is one of the great things about open source software -- the creator of a library isn't, nor does he/she have to be for the library to be useful, the sole "expert" in that library. Your post proves that.
I think this is a completely separate point that has nothing to do with what I posted. I never said there has to be a sole expert. But certainly the developer of a library should know at least as much as other users, seeing as they literally wrote the code themselves. If other people know the code better than the person who wrote it (and this is not an immensely complex library that should offer the opportunity for that), that really says something about the person who wrote the code. Something bad, in my eyes.
I agree. Other users have different perspectives and problems. Isn't this what hacking is? Taking something someone else worked on, making it work for you, and sharing what you accomplished.
Looked to me more like the developer was telling the guy who posted the fix "you can't" to the statement " I'll see about getting them merged back into the official version."
I honestly think that would be a bigger story, an author of an open-source library telling a potential contributer to take a hike (well, words to that effect) without reviewing their potential contribution.
My personal interpretation is that the author was saying there is no 'user' way of doing it.
