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Whatever you hoped to achieve, that was really counterproductive. You made someone who volunteers to maintain open source enjoy that just a little less, and acc
by santoshalper 6y ago
Whatever you hoped to achieve, that was really counterproductive. You made someone who volunteers to maintain open source enjoy that just a little less, and accomplished nothing. Even the way you describe the interaction here makes you come across as deeply entitled and unpleasant.
- nl 6y agoI agree with this so much. What an unaware individual to just suddenly realize that calling someone's decisions stupid isn't a great way to get a change happen.
- netsharc 6y agoThis was many years after they added this change, and there was also a lot of debate/abuse when it came (I didn't take part), so I wasn't aiming to change minds. Fine, call me entitled, but stupid technical decisions are still stupid, and people shouldn't just be left to "enjoy" their work after doing something stupid affecting all Linux systems on the entire planet. IMNSHO
- cyphar 6y agoSo you felt the need to rant at someone, knowing that it wouldn't be productive and that they'd experienced abuse over this in the past, but did it anyway? Why do you feel that's an appropriate way to act toward another person? Ignoring that FOSS developers are basically working in the public good (and usually unpaid or underpaid relative to their impact), this is a childish way of acting towards anyone in an even remotely professional environment. The maintainer replying to you was actually a courtesy, but of course you see it in a negative light. If every technical disagreement you have ends with you ranting/abusing the other person, you'll quickly discover you're the only one left in the room.
- klyrs 6y agoBehavior like yours is why we need codes of conduct. Did you stop to think that you can fix this yourself, either by recompiling ls itself or through a simple alias?