<![CDATA[open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave.]]>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

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

Why there are no releases?

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like, holy shit, what a power move.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/solonovamax/statuses/116358848762029144https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/solonovamax/statuses/116358848762029144Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:05:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:04:42 GMT]]>@lunareclipse @chirpbirb 0% chance

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/solonovamax/statuses/116358845732163148https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/solonovamax/statuses/116358845732163148Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:02:45 GMT]]>@m @lianna @chirpbirb "Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be F/OSS maintainers..."

(With apologies to Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116358838029048353https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116358838029048353Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:02:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:59:26 GMT]]>@lunareclipse @chirpbirb Yeah, right.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116358825000683726https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116358825000683726Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:59:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:57:58 GMT]]>@chirpbirb "I have defended your position on master-main switch."

Wow. That's telling; just not what the commenter thought.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116358819227677208https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116358819227677208Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:57:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:31:15 GMT]]>@lianna @gsuberland @chirpbirb

Yes: don't ever break APIs.

But while initial development or long life with everchanging input data dependencies (I am looking at you, CKP!), the architecture can be in need of a complete architecture overhaul when the old one proves to be too much of a misfit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/vampirdaddy/statuses/116358478259394943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/vampirdaddy/statuses/116358478259394943Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:31:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:36:18 GMT]]>@lianna @gsuberland @chirpbirb

Well, it was pretty solid migration path for breaking changes - especially for an _experimental_ plugin:

1.) announce impending breaking incompatibilities - but keep legacy quirks enabled even if that's hindering development

(wait)

2.) give alerts/warning about the really coming breaks when old API is called - still works

(wait)

3.) throw proper errors for legacy API calls instead of silent/unpredictable fails

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/vampirdaddy/statuses/116357790365806492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/vampirdaddy/statuses/116357790365806492Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:36:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:29:08 GMT]]>@chirpbirb There is more to this story than just those four bullet-points.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hessen.social/users/schmic/statuses/116357762177690092https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hessen.social/users/schmic/statuses/116357762177690092Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:20:18 GMT]]>@lianna@micro.webgarden.click @chirpbirb@meow.social Considering this isn't a stable plugin, nobody should be using it for anything related to livelihood yet. If someone chooses to do so, that is entirely on them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zoner.work/notes/akqq30izgi3q0005https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zoner.work/notes/akqq30izgi3q0005Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:20:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:31:14 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/eobet/statuses/116357534468036652https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/eobet/statuses/116357534468036652Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:31:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:26:12 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ProphetsCross/statuses/116357278732240357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ProphetsCross/statuses/116357278732240357Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:26:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:17:03 GMT]]>@mitsunee @gsuberland @chirpbirb @lianna
or pin an older version, like the maintainer suggested....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/116357242790698206https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/116357242790698206Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:17:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:41:08 GMT]]>@chirpbirb When will People stop treating like maintainers of a hobby project owe them anything. I mean yeah, blocking older versions just because isn't that nice, but maybe there is some buggy behaviour you don't see right now.
But nevertheless, it's a project of another person that they kindly shared with you not some Product you paid for.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.femby.page/users/niku/statuses/01KNH2NNZVRJYT7JQF80R1J38Yhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.femby.page/users/niku/statuses/01KNH2NNZVRJYT7JQF80R1J38YMon, 06 Apr 2026 09:41:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:26:24 GMT]]>@lianna@micro.webgarden.click @chirpbirb@meow.social this sounds to me like an issue to take up with the package maintainer anyway
I can perfectly understand adding this to prevent a deluge of “help I use old version of $thing why it no work”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shonk.sam.ax/notes/akqjvd2jkh0f0145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shonk.sam.ax/notes/akqjvd2jkh0f0145Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:26:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:23:00 GMT]]>@flammableengineering @chirpbirb true, but then we wouldn't be talking about this. if this going viral convinces at least some people to not become ban-worthy dicks, then it was probably for the better for that to happen.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/116357030219856203https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/116357030219856203Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:23:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:59:25 GMT]]>@chirpbirb demanding support without giving the maintainer money is delusional too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://catcatnya.com/users/navi/statuses/116356937495953119https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://catcatnya.com/users/navi/statuses/116356937495953119Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:59:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:51:02 GMT]]>@chirpbirb

>refuses to elaborate
>leaves

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rheinneckar.social/users/cyclopentane/statuses/116356904573001455https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://rheinneckar.social/users/cyclopentane/statuses/116356904573001455Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:40:27 GMT]]>@meena @chirpbirb I think you can scratch the rage in my statement and it remains true.

My point is that you should make your departure from a project gracefully, if possible.

Not for this guy who annoyed you, but the others who interacted with you in good faith.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://microblog.shivering-isles.com/users/sheogorath/statuses/116356862944374187https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://microblog.shivering-isles.com/users/sheogorath/statuses/116356862944374187Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:40:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:37:53 GMT]]>@chirpbirb I remember back when I did the port of GIMP (and thus GTK and all that it depended on) to Windows, and had a mailing list called gimpwin-users or something like that.

Obviously, there were a lot of entitled users who were angry that I didn't fix their pet bugs very quickly. At around the same time, my own interest in GIMP and GTK was waning, and I had started doing full-time paid work on other open-source things (if I recall correctly). So finally some annoying arsehole pushed me over the limit and I just killed the mailing list. It was such a relief.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/tml/statuses/116356380955104634https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mementomori.social/users/tml/statuses/116356380955104634Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:37:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:29:08 GMT]]>@lianna @chirpbirb

SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/m/statuses/116356346567068868https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/m/statuses/116356346567068868Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:22:22 GMT]]>@lianna @gsuberland @chirpbirb
step 1: make an experimental plugin an indispensable part of your workflow.
step 2: ignoring the implications of step 1, use said plugin in an undocumented way.
step 3: bully the maintainer into supporting your unsupported usage.
step 4: ???
step 5: profi– oh nvm we made the maintainer quit FOSS and now the indispensable plugin is abandonware. dang. didn't see that coming.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/116356084046504181https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/116356084046504181Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:22:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:09:34 GMT]]>@chirpbirb many moons ago I got fed up with the entitlement on the Undernet irc server I ran. I walked into the “machine room” (like I said, moons) and carried the server to my desk where I repurposed it as my workstation.

Petty? Yes. Childish? Kinda still was one. Satisfying? To this very day.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tky/statuses/116356033732864814https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tky/statuses/116356033732864814Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:09:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:18:06 GMT]]>@lianna @chirpbirb warnings gave no fewer annoyed users and, when it was time to remove the functionality, the same types of complaints that lead to nvim-treesitter being archived

“You were warned” did not stop them, plus I had to deal with complaints about the warning for N extra months during the warning period

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/drbrain/statuses/116355831348048901https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/drbrain/statuses/116355831348048901Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:18:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:24:09 GMT]]>@chirpbirb@meow.social

This is funny as hell but I think the right move would have been to ban the shitty user

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