Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Place To Suggest New Open Source Software?

dryriver writes: Somebody I know has been searching up and down the internet for an open source software that can apply GPU pixel shaders (HLSL/GLSL/Cg/SweetFX) to a video and save the result out to a video file. He came up with nothing, so I said "Why not petition the open source community to create such a tool?" His reply was "Where exactly does one go to ask for a new open source software?"

So that is my question: Where on the internet can one best go to request that a new open source software tool that does not exist yet be developed? Or do open source tools only come into existence when someone -- a coder -- starts to build a software, opens the source, and invites other coders to join the fray?
This is a good place to discuss the general logistics of new open source projects -- so leave your best answers in the comments. What's the best place to suggest new open source software?

Comments

Two options...

[Anonymous Coward]

This person has two options:

1: Program their own and release it as open source software.

2: Pay someone to make the software and release it as open source software.

Re:Build your own software, asshole

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

No, people won't build shit for you.

Tell your friend to get off his ass and build it himself.

Classic rude answer by a stuck-up asshole.

Sorry, but asking "Where exactly does one go to ask for a new open source software?" doesn't warrant this kind of "cram-it-up-your-ass" response.

There are probably a thousand ways to respond but you had to go and pick the worst, most graceless way to do so. Bravo, asshole!