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I don't get this open reluctance of people that contribute a lot of time and work towards open source. Sounds a lot like entitlement to me. I don't know anythi

I don't get this open reluctance of people that contribute a lot of time and work towards open source. Sounds a lot like entitlement to me. I don't know anything about the drama you mention. I just know kitty is a fine terminal emulator I use all the time (also with tmux/byobu) and I am thankful the author created it. Calibre I also use from time to time and it works for my purpose. I am happy it exists and I can just shovel my ebooks onto my kindle. It sounds like you used Calibre for years but still complain about it even though it's free..

razemio 3y ago
Usually I agree but the maintainer of kitty is bonkers rude. There have been several issues concerning privacy and security regarding kitty. The responses of the maintainer regarding these very valid concerns made me switch to wezterm/sakura/foot in an instant. He also accepts lots of PRs from contributers. Once you do this, it is no longer your project only. An example PR (there are a few others equally concerning): https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3544 https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3544
- fileeditview 3y ago
  I see. I read the PR you linked and have to partially agree. Yes the maintainer's reaction was rude and seemed much like an overreaction. However the original comment could also be seen as offensive and lecturing. I don't want to defend phone-home mechanisms because I am personally not a fan but an update check really is different from surveillance. I in general agree with the comment that the feature should be opt-in but the argument was not presented in a good way.
  - razemio 3y ago
    Yes, you are right. I am also highly opinionated, when it comes to opt-out phone home functionality in terminal software. Just wanted to point out where some of the drama comes from and also make aware of possible consequences. I could imagine people are not opening security PRs or issues because of the maintainers attitude.

razemio 3y ago

Usually I agree but the maintainer of kitty is bonkers rude. There have been several issues concerning privacy and security regarding kitty. The responses of the maintainer regarding these very valid concerns made me switch to wezterm/sakura/foot in an instant. He also accepts lots of PRs from contributers. Once you do this, it is no longer your project only. An example PR (there are a few others equally concerning): https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3544 https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/3544

fileeditview 3y ago
I see. I read the PR you linked and have to partially agree. Yes the maintainer's reaction was rude and seemed much like an overreaction. However the original comment could also be seen as offensive and lecturing. I don't want to defend phone-home mechanisms because I am personally not a fan but an update check really is different from surveillance. I in general agree with the comment that the feature should be opt-in but the argument was not presented in a good way.
- razemio 3y ago
  Yes, you are right. I am also highly opinionated, when it comes to opt-out phone home functionality in terminal software. Just wanted to point out where some of the drama comes from and also make aware of possible consequences. I could imagine people are not opening security PRs or issues because of the maintainers attitude.