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The FAQ answer is the kind if condescending tone that I don't like and some developers of long running OSS projects use after a while. I know that these project
by gmueckl 7y ago
The FAQ answer is the kind if condescending tone that I don't like and some developers of long running OSS projects use after a while. I know that these projects are hard and take lots of effort. I've experienced it myself. Warning people that X is more complicated than it may first seem is perfectly OK. But telling them to just stop is wrong. There are valuable lessons to be learned by starting from scratch. Commanding them to help out others instead denies them this experience. Sometimes the journey itself is the goal.
- dahart 7y agoSpeaking personally, it would be safe to say my career successes are defined by ignoring warnings like this and doing something from scratch anyway. So I completely agree, and I guess this FAQ answer is really meant to talk to the casual developer who doesn't know what they're getting into. The person who does know and does it anyway will (and should) ignore stuff this like. I don't think it was meant to be condescending, I took it more as a joking tone but with a real warning that it's a long road, which is true.