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The tone taken in Github issues can be really, really hostile. The very first thing a user sees in the issue template is a shouty headline about being blocked.
by Doctor_Fegg 6y ago
The tone taken in Github issues can be really, really hostile. The very first thing a user sees in the issue template is a shouty headline about being blocked. There are many comments which come across to me as passive-aggressive such as https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/5675#issuecomment-461439973 https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/5675#issuecomment-46... or the last para at https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/5654#issuecomment-461734975 https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/5654#issuecomment-46... .
I appreciate that you have a near-impossible mission in helping diagnose people's installation issues. I don't envy you, and I appreciate the technical work you do. Few open source projects are immune from the challenges of burnout caused by ingrate users and Homebrew probably gets it worse than most. As a maintainer, I 100% get it. But as a user, it puts me off using the software. I now use Homebrew much less than I used to as a result.
- Hackbraten 6y agoI see. Thank you for taking the time to explain and even provide examples. Much appreciated and insightful. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to make the issue template friendlier while keeping the rate of poorly written reports at an acceptable level. We definitely need to change our approach. Setting a hostile frame in an issue template isn’t helping anyone. Thanks again for taking your time to explain. We still have a lot to learn and improve.
- domano 6y agoWow, really good handling on your part here. Always nice to see how people are able to discuss these things in a productive manner. Thanks for homebrew, made the switch from linux possible for me :) great work.
- Doctor_Fegg 6y agoapplauds