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

[chirpbirb@meow.social]

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

Why there are no releases? · nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter · Discussion #8627

Why there are no releases?

GitHub (github.com)

like, holy shit, what a power move.

[dragonarchitect@rubber.social]

@chirpbirb Hot damn, yeah, that's a power move.

I'm not sure how I really feel about that, but at the same time:

All passion project software is provided as-is with no warranty, express or implied, and no guarantee of extended long-term support for any version past, current, or future.

The creators and maintainers of passion project software can decide at any time to abandon the project for any reason.

[lunareclipse@snug.moe]

@chirpbirb damn maybe people will finally start not taking shit for granted

[frawst@fedi.fraw.st]

@pynk@mk.absturztau.be @chirpbirb@meow.social kojima youve done it again

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@lunareclipse@snug.moe @chirpbirb@meow.social nah, they will now shit on the maintainer

then fork it and revert that commit, as well as rename main to master

[chirpbirb@meow.social]

@alice @lunareclipse ah, i can see the "feat(freedom): liberate repository"

[lianna@micro.webgarden.click]

@chirpbirb To be fair, making an at least somewhat functional plugin crash on some versions just because you don't officially support them is quite hostile and practically malware.

Of course they can maintain whatever versions they want, and the other guy is a dick, but deliberately making it crash when users use it "wrong" is quite toxic. Especially for something as essential as a text editor. Livelihoods could be at stake 

[natty@astolfo.social]

@chirpbirb@meow.social @alice@mk.nyaa.place @lunareclipse@snug.moe librevim - without the woke

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@lunareclipse@snug.moe @chirpbirb@meow.social 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

[autisticplushy@lgbtqia.space]

@natty @lunareclipse @chirpbirb @alice wokevim

[luana@wetdry.world]

@lunareclipse @chirpbirb @alice duckstation is a completely different story

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@luana@wetdry.world @lunareclipse@snug.moe @chirpbirb@meow.social how so?

[meaningfulbits@mastodon.social]

@chirpbirb one of my very first interactions online was me bitching about how some version of a Linux audio driver wasn't working with my PC on a forum. I got a response that it was open source and to either pay someone, fix it myself, or shut up. I was 13 and that was 20 years ago. Some people aren't built for this open source life.

[kura@hai.z0ne.social]

@chirpbirb@meow.social did that back then with a discord modding framework too.

too many entitled kids.

[krig@goto.liten.app]

@lianna @chirpbirb If ”livelihoods are at stake” then they can do the most basic amount of work required, read the readme and just pin the commit they want. Come on.

[julia@meowing.men]

@chirpbirb@meow.social

this is insane

i wish good luck and big patience for the dev in their future projects, honestly

[srtcd424@mas.to]

@lianna @chirpbirb bailing out with an error message is hardly "making it crash" - and at the end of the day how hard is it to click the fork button and revert that change? Bearing in mind this software pretty much guaranteed to be used by people with development experience.

[raven667@hachyderm.io]

@alice @lunareclipse @chirpbirb huh, funny coincidence in timeline https://s3kshun8.games/blog/flatpak-won/

[gsuberland@chaos.social]

@lianna @chirpbirb

> practically malware

can we please stop saying this. it's patently not true and just waters down the term "malware" to the point where it's useless. there are other terms you can use.

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@raven667@hachyderm.io that's a pretty good writeup

i feel bad for the person who wrote it because of the kind of replies they will get