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I think we should cut the musl developers some slack; they're doing some really thankless work and giving it away.
by mwcampbell 7y ago
I think we should cut the musl developers some slack; they're doing some really thankless work and giving it away.
- jacobush 7y agoHypothetically, polishing turds and giving them away is also thankless work. Not saying musl is, don't know the first thing about it.
- BiteCode_dev 7y agoIf it is, it's a turd people ask for.
- Koshkin 7y agoExcept that you don't have to do it if you don't want to.
- Koshkin 7y agoThis is what has always rubbed me the wrong way: (a) if it's given away for free, you do not have a right to complain about its quality, and (b) if you do complain, then why don't you go ahead and contribute. A gift horse, I know, but still...
- benchaney 7y agoIf the quality is poor people have the right to say so, regardless of the cost. If the projects existence is causing issues for some people, they have a right to complain, even if it is creating a free benefit for someone else. Why would someone contribute to a project they think is inferior? Basically, I don’t understand your objection.
- Koshkin 7y agoI should have put (a) and (b) in quotes.
- jcelerier 7y ago> ) if it's given away for free, you do not have a right to complain about its quality What ? This does not make sense. Being free does not give any passes.
- kevinmgranger 7y agoConsidering the few lines that are mentioned as libc devs turning down feature requests, maybe they've tried.
- takeda 7y agoI disagree, sometimes presence of something (even if free) can add more work for someone else. For example imagine that you maintain a popular application, you start receiving issues that your application doesn't work with musl. You try to fix it, but musl doesn't provide a reliable way to detect itself. You try to submit a patch but it is rejected. You absolutely have right to complain, lack of musl would prevent you from wasting time on making your application work with it.