taco, bird/cat 23h ago

open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave.

  • the owner of nvim-treesitter gets a really shitty comment from a user saying that the update to a required version broke their workflow
  • the owner replies saying "hey just pin what you need instead of mainlining it if you need this for an older version"
  • the shitty user replies back saying "go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people"
  • the owner says "OK." and ARCHIVES THE REPO

https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter/discussions/8627

like, holy shit, what a power move.

Show threadluna the doggie  23h ago
@chirpbirb damn maybe people will finally start not taking shit for granted
Show threadAlice 23h ago
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb nah, they will now shit on the maintainer

then fork it and revert that commit, as well as rename main to master
Show threadAlice 
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb same as what happened with duckstation

the developer got so fed up with linux users he changed license to one that prohibits distribution (i.e. you can use the provided builds or build it yourself, but not package it) - and ofc linux users respected it and quietly left...

...haha no, they declared the developer the devil, and were (and still are) like: I don't care, you can't stop me
Apr 5 at 6:55pmWeb
Show threadπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŽƒπŸ‡§πŸ‡·LuanaπŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸŽƒπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ22h ago
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb @alice duckstation is a completely different story
Show threadAlice 22h ago
@luana @lunareclipse @chirpbirb how so?
Show threadsolo47m ago
@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana I've heard that the duckstation dev is apparently... a specimen.
Show threadAlice 27m ago
@solonovamax @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana I haven't heard anything, so specifics would be nice

tho idk if that changes anything - like even if he turns out to be fascist for example, I guarantee you that it wouldn't be why people were like fuck you you can't stop me from packaging it
Show threadπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŽƒπŸ‡§πŸ‡·LuanaπŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸŽƒπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ25m ago

@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @solonovamax you can’t just stop people from packaging your software lmao that’s not how it works

And yeah if you ask me the fact that the guy decided to drop support for linux and support only the OSes made by fascist companies might be enough to make the guy a fascist even

Show threadAlice 21m ago
@luana @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @solonovamax I mean case in point - instead of respecting his decision and using sth else you're doing this
Show threadRaven66720h ago
@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb huh, funny coincidence in timeline https://s3kshun8.games/blog/flatpak-won/
Gabe Newell Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing about Init Systems

S3kshun8's Lair
Show threadAlice 20h ago
@raven667 that's a pretty good writeup

i feel bad for the person who wrote it because of the kind of replies they will get
Show threadAlice 20h ago
@raven667 what i hate the most about this situaton is - a lot of the people the article is talking about are perfectly reasonable people... as long as linux is not mentioned

like - as a developer who is similarly focused on making a usable app development platform, I'm more familiar with that kind of people than I'd like to
Show threadSydney / Prophet πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ7h ago
@raven667 @alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb I rather like this writeup because as a Semi new Linux user (4 years and change) AppImage fucking sucks ass, I spent hours and hours trying to figure out how to integrate it into my DE and couldn't for the life of me work it out, because one piece of Software only shipped as an AppImage
Show threadeobet6h ago
@raven667 @alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb that article read weird to me. Are they saying that all corporations sinking billions into Linux are benevolent? As if the corruption of Mozilla by Google’s money never happened?
Show threadRatsnake Games πŸ”ž21m ago

@alice yeah, that's just collective punishment. And it's not just "refusing to do work", it's preventing others from doing helpful work for the community just to punish people.

Of course people are gonna be upset by that. It's a massive dick move.

Show threadAlice 14m ago
@ratsnakegames you're free to fork the commit from before that change and continue it. Same as you are if the developer archives their repo and leaves

if your reaction is calling it a dick move and collective punishment - that means you value the code above the developer's mental health, and if they stop giving their work to you for free - that's a dick move. Exactly what I was talking above

don't bother arguing, I'll block you if you do
Show threadRatsnake Games πŸ”ž11m ago

@alice arbitrarily making life harder for Linux users because some Linux users were mean to you, in a way that doesn't even save you actual work, has nothing to do with "mental health".

I call it collective punishment because that is what it is, and if you think calling things by their name makes me an evil person, feel free to block me.

Show threadAlice 13m ago
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb this post is now a honeypot for exactly this kind of people ig ​​