taco, bird/cat 2d 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  2d ago
@chirpbirb damn maybe people will finally start not taking shit for granted
Show threadAlice 2d 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 2d 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🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈2d ago
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb @alice duckstation is a completely different story
Show threadAlice 2d ago
@luana @lunareclipse @chirpbirb how so?
Show threadsolo1d ago
@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana I've heard that the duckstation dev is apparently... a specimen.
Show threadAlice 1d 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 threadsolo1d ago
@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana I don't know enough about specifics to give them to you, but I think brodie has made some videos on it
Show threadAlice 1d ago
@solonovamax @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana brodie, the same one who appeared on lunduke's show?
Show threadAlice 1d ago
@lunareclipse @chirpbirb @solonovamax @luana in other words: I would not trust brodie's judgement on anything, lol
Show threadsolo
@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @luana I know nothing about any of this, just that he covered it at one point and showed what seemed to be credible information
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