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To be completely honest, lots of open-source is full of this sort of drama and ego (Linus, Theo, Stallman all have major cult of personalities, and similar prob
by Jasper_ 7y ago
To be completely honest, lots of open-source is full of this sort of drama and ego (Linus, Theo, Stallman all have major cult of personalities, and similar problems appear in KDE and the distros too). Don't judge GNOME for following their peers.
Is it exhausting? Oh, yes. It's why I quit and now work on proprietary software full-time; that environment burned me out.
Is it a problem solely with GNOME? No, it's all throughout the Linux and FOSS ecosystems. If you want to fix it, you need to fix it everywhere, not just GNOME. But turns out the people that stay around to contribute to these projects thrive on this sort of stuff, so it's hard to change.
- azinman2 7y agoIt’s a shame that poor social interaction skills get rewarded by overvaluing technical prowess. It creates an exclusive environment where only other aggressive people (men, usually) thrive, there by decreasing total numbers of potential contributors. I’ve seen friends grow their professional skills in this environment, learning that being a jerk is ok. They then try to transfer this to corporate employment, leading to predictable issues. They of course don’t understand their own role in these issues, blaming everyone else who just “don’t get it.”
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoI doubt this is exclusive to open source. Pretty much every team of developers has drama and conflict. I'd put money on the exact same conversations happening at Apple and Microsoft, but in those cases it's happening behind closed doors.