Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by incompatible on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @08:41PM (#23839909)

Forking is the answer, if you don't like the where a particular group is going with an open source project. Fork an old version, and perhaps you will find some others who prefer it that way.

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Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by a1369209993 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:17AM (#23841621)

Nope! The original group will sue you for trademark infringement, despite that they're the ones peddling a broken knockoff version. (See, eg Python, Firefox, GIMP, etc; I don't pay much attention to webapp-related stuff, so I don't have more proximate examples.)

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Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by incompatible on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:25AM (#23843706)

So just give it a new name.

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Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by chillfox on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:34AM (#23841716)

yes, but that generally doesn't stop someone from feeling annoyed.

While I do like cheering for annoyed people to fork projects it's not always practical for a number of reason like:

- The project is large and really requires multiple people to maintain.

- It's written in a programming language that the person is not familiar with, or interested in (they might even dislike it).

- License issues.

- Their work might prevent them from working on open source projects due to intellectual property concerns.

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