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So, just to get my own biases out of the way first: I'm a big webpack fan, with no qualifications. I think it's a fantastic tool, and I've had the complete oppo
by JCSato 9y ago
So, just to get my own biases out of the way first: I'm a big webpack fan, with no qualifications. I think it's a fantastic tool, and I've had the complete opposite experience of the OP.
This response comes off as kind of snide, as does the post it responds to; I don't care to tone police, so that's fine, but I do want to try to understand the perspectives here.
I'm imagining you're coming from a place of: you have a (fantastic) tool with unique challenges, and it's incredibly frustrating to have that tool judged a) based on requirements it wasn't designed around and b) (likely?) based on older versions of your tool that has since been improved. Those are fair things to take issue with.
A couple things, though:
"Hey thanks for the candid opinion!!!" - This seems pretty obviously disingenuous.
"Maybe it's been awhile since you have taken a look at our documentation!" - Comes from the position that OP is simply out of touch, and that their issues aren't valid. They may or may not be, but this is "Maybe you're wrong!" and not "Maybe there's been a misunderstanding!"
"So if you have great ideas, please let me know. :-D" - In context with the above, this is more like "Let me know when you actually have a great idea" than it is like "Please open an issue or pull request so we can actually fix it". The OP does clearly have an issue with Webpack - "You spend 2 days getting it into some semblance of a working state, and never touch it for fear of introducing a new issue" - and that issue can be addressed, if developed into something more actionable, or may already be solved by the improved documentation of 2.0 & 3.0. As it stands, though, it seems more likely to me that nothing comes out of it, which is a shame.
Not trying to put words in your mouth, I just expect you're more frustrated and want to make a better tool than you are trying to necessarily defend your tool, and I'm not sure you're communicating the former over the latter. Would love clarification if I've misinterpreted something, or correction if I seem totally off the mark. And again, lest I come off more aggressive/dismissive than I intend - thank you for all your work developing and maintaining Webpack. I imagine it's a relatively thankless task for the breadth of what it offers.