Re:Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)
by kaetemi on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:17PM
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Why not just develop out in the open from the start, instead of dangling an open source carrot? You might even get community contributions.
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Re:Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)
by zachlloyd on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:22PM
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It's a fair point, but we don't feel ready to accept community contributions yet.
Re:Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)
by cweagans on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:33PM
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You really don't have to accept contributions if the repo is open. You could simply disable issues and close all PRs with a comment explaining that you're not ready for contributions yet. You could even automate that with a Github Action or similar.
Developing in the open would make it easier to trust that you're not doing something nefarious. When I think about the kind of data that goes through my terminal on a day-to-day basis, I have to _know_ for sure that my terminal can be trusted. That makes Warp a non-starter for me until it's open source, which is really a shame because it looks fantastic.