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The original maintainer (creator) did an excellent job for 10+ years. Here is his response: https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/issues/992#issuecomment-683286672 h

by runbsd 6y ago

The original maintainer (creator) did an excellent job for 10+ years. Here is his response: https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/issues/992#issuecomment-683286672 https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/issues/992#issuecomment-683...

drcongo 6y ago
That is a beautifully worded response.
cstuder 6y ago
The entire issue is a delight to read from start to end.
pull_my_finger 6y ago
Didn't realize he'd taken a break. Guess that allowed him to develope tl[1]. [1] - https://github.com/teal-language/tl https://github.com/teal-language/tl
- moonchild 6y ago
  And userland[1], and finish a phd. 1. https://github.com/hishamhm/userland https://github.com/hishamhm/userland
bojanvidanovic 6y ago
Interesting how it started as a learning experience, and grew in something so essential. Amazing work
a_e_k 6y ago
I'd been wondering if this was a friendly fork. Glad to see it has his blessing.
- danudey 6y ago
  This is probably the friendliest fork I've seen happen. There's even a comment where someone points out he's been active on other projects, and is thus alive and well and still coding, but just obviously ignoring htop specifically. The general response to that news seems to be relief that he's okay and that nothing (obviously) bad has happened. It's nice to see users of an abandoned project happy that it's because the developer (apparently) abandoned it, as long as he's okay.
mikenew 6y ago
The issue was also opened in a very positive and respectful way, which sets the tone for the whole discussion. From my own experience, if I've been away from a project for a while sometimes there's this snowball of guilt that just keeps building up, and if there's people saying "hey what the hell?" it just adds to it. Understanding that and making sure there's no implied accusation can go a long way to getting someone to break their silence.
tmd83 6y ago
Many thanks for pointing this one out. And as someone said about the OP setting the tone with his opener. Regardless the whole thread was a wonderful read from start to finish.

by runbsd 6y ago

drcongo 6y ago

That is a beautifully worded response.

cstuder 6y ago

The entire issue is a delight to read from start to end.

pull_my_finger 6y ago

Didn't realize he'd taken a break. Guess that allowed him to develope tl[1]. [1] - https://github.com/teal-language/tl https://github.com/teal-language/tl

moonchild 6y ago
And userland[1], and finish a phd. 1. https://github.com/hishamhm/userland https://github.com/hishamhm/userland

bojanvidanovic 6y ago

Interesting how it started as a learning experience, and grew in something so essential. Amazing work

a_e_k 6y ago

I'd been wondering if this was a friendly fork. Glad to see it has his blessing.

danudey 6y ago
This is probably the friendliest fork I've seen happen. There's even a comment where someone points out he's been active on other projects, and is thus alive and well and still coding, but just obviously ignoring htop specifically. The general response to that news seems to be relief that he's okay and that nothing (obviously) bad has happened. It's nice to see users of an abandoned project happy that it's because the developer (apparently) abandoned it, as long as he's okay.

mikenew 6y ago

The issue was also opened in a very positive and respectful way, which sets the tone for the whole discussion. From my own experience, if I've been away from a project for a while sometimes there's this snowball of guilt that just keeps building up, and if there's people saying "hey what the hell?" it just adds to it. Understanding that and making sure there's no implied accusation can go a long way to getting someone to break their silence.

tmd83 6y ago

Many thanks for pointing this one out. And as someone said about the OP setting the tone with his opener. Regardless the whole thread was a wonderful read from start to finish.