[Haskell-cafe] A cabal odyssey

[wren ng thornton]

Andrew Coppin wrote:
> I guess I just figured that since Cabal is used by hundreds of millions 
> of people every single day, any little glitches I might have come across 
> have already been seen by at least 1,000 people before me (and hence, 
> the developers already know about it and just haven't had time to fix it 
> yet).

Which is why, when filing a report, you scan/search the bug tracker 
first to make sure you're not filing a duplicate :)

Just remember, those thousands of other people are probably thinking the 
same thing you are. This is well a well-documented phenomenon in more 
serious circumstances:

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

-- 
Live well,
~wren