The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer

Re:The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer by grzm on Sunday September 17, 2017 @03:55PM (#15271380)

You're probably right. People don't always track down what people have posted elsewhere, even if it's further down the thread. This would seem to be an opportunity to share your complaints, or perhaps just let it drop.

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Re:The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer by Sir_Cmpwn on Sunday September 17, 2017 @04:01PM (#15271411)

You'll be the third person under this parent comment to get a link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15238969

I can't really be held accountable for people jumping the gun and commenting before they're informed.

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Re:The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer by grzm on Sunday September 17, 2017 @04:26PM (#15271520)

Thanks. I'm sure that's helpful for the member you responded to and anyone else following the discussion.

And you're right. You can't be held accountable for people jumping the gun. Regardless of how they comment or their lack of preparedness, you are responsible for how you yourself respond. And part of that is hopefully to assist when people are uninformed.

Thanks again for the link!

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Re:The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer by bartread on Sunday September 17, 2017 @04:18PM (#15271487)

And I still maintain: cock up, not conspiracy. Maybe they haven't handled the transition brilliantly. So what? Either use Caddy, or don't.

To your point that there's no indication that the project is open source: there are at least two links to the GitHub project on the homepage.

And as for the trademark removal from forks, that's sort of fair enough.

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Re:The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer by Sir_Cmpwn on Sunday September 17, 2017 @04:20PM (#15271499)

I didn't say it was a conspiracy. What makes you think I did? I said they were jerks and instead of apologizing they played the victim and mined for sympathy.

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Re:The Realities of Being a FOSS Maintainer by bartread on Sunday September 17, 2017 @11:21PM (#15273161)

Mate, it's a turn of phrase: a more colourful expression of Hanlon's razor. Are you being deliberately obtuse?

They're not "mining for sympathy": they've clarified their position and taken responsibility for handling the situation poorly.

Maybe stop interpreting everything you read in the worst possible light?

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