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Regarding "genuinely curious": I've seen some real passive-aggressive comments that say that :) Regarding "asking devs directly": I often find it challenging e
by akkartik 5y ago
Regarding "genuinely curious": I've seen some real passive-aggressive comments that say that :)
Regarding "asking devs directly": I often find it challenging even to figure out where to ask. Going from a program to its package, dealing with interactions between packages, etc. All of which goes back to simplicity as a core goal. "Good reasons for complexity" isn't sufficient, IMO. Complexity requires having a place to explain the reasons, and making it easy for people to find the place. Considering that we're all volunteers when it comes to open source and this sort of documentation is difficult, I'd often rather err on the side of not having a feature rather than having a more complex feature.
On the other hand, there are fields like internationalization or power management on laptops that are irreducibly complex. Not sure where I'm going with all this. Open source today serves businesses more than people, IMO. But it also serves people indirectly through businesses. This is a difficult topic. Your comment made it seem like there's an easy thing Drew or I could do. I'm not sure that's the case.
- marcodiego 5y agoAgree.