taco, bird/cat 1d 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  1d ago
@chirpbirb damn maybe people will finally start not taking shit for granted
Show threadAlice 1d 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 1d ago
@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
Show thread🏳️‍🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈1d ago
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb @alice duckstation is a completely different story
Show threadAlice 1d ago
@luana @lunareclipse @chirpbirb how so?
Show threadsolo9h ago
@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana I've heard that the duckstation dev is apparently... a specimen.
Show threadAlice 9h 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 thread🏳️‍🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈

@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

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Show threadAlice 9h ago
@luana @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @solonovamax I mean case in point - instead of respecting his decision and using sth else you're doing this