An open letter of gratitude to GitHub

Re:An open letter of gratitude to GitHub by forgottenpass on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:07PM (#10910956)

IMO, the "Dear Github" open letter is a constructive way to call attention to the perceived problems

I agree entirety. The responses are fanboy trash in a "using my serious voice" wrapper.

I don't use github enough to share the gripes in "Dear GitHub." They seemed kinda minor and I understand why they wouldn't be in the product. But in light of the poor communication from GitHub explained in the letter, it seemed like a perfectly reasonable and polite step to try and open a channel of communication.

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Re:An open letter of gratitude to GitHub by stcredzero on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:36PM (#10911133)

I don't use github enough to share the gripes in "Dear GitHub." They seemed kinda minor and I understand why they wouldn't be in the product.

What about implementing an API to let other people implement some of the needed features?

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Re:An open letter of gratitude to GitHub by forgottenpass on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:41PM (#10911178)

Sure, that's a possible solution.

I wasn't trying to convey a position that something shouldn't be done, I'm just expressing that I understand the wide breadth of possibilities for why it hadn't been done.

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Re:An open letter of gratitude to GitHub by carussell on Friday January 15, 2016 @03:26PM (#10911867)

I agree with the point, too, but statements like this are not conducive to good discussion and are not the kind of thing I look forward to reading on HN:

> The responses are fanboy trash in a "using my serious voice" wrapper"

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