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>a release three months ago Calling that 'dead' and demanding status updates is the overreaction here. Unless you're paying this person to work on it full-time

>a release three months ago Calling that 'dead' and demanding status updates is the overreaction here. Unless you're paying this person to work on it full-time. One of the bits of software I use has an update as recently as 2019, and before that 2015 and two 2013. It's clearly still relatively active. For software released in its current form in 1997, after being ported from an older version. Even if modern software might sometimes need more frequent updates, it's still pretty demanding to insinuate death and demand status notes from an open-source maintainer just because they're not moving quick enough for you.

dangus 3y ago
If you look at the actual issues that ask about the development status, all the people who asked were really polite and gave the author of the tool best wishes as he works through his mental health. At no point would I describe those issues as “demanding,” just “inquiring.” The people who asked those questions were greeted by a software author who lashed out at them. See for yourself: https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/91 https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/91 https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/92 https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/92 One person who asked (rightfully, IMO) pointed out that all these questions are reasonable considering the project has sponsorship and Patreon links. The author is collecting $100 a month in Patreon and GitHub sponsorships, which is not nothing.
0x073 3y ago
It's an library that can be used by others. Noone want use a libray that is not active maintained. simpleaichat also use other dependencies, i think they are choosed by the developer the same way i would choose his library. If its an library that implements things that dont change often like string functions this is not important. But a library connecting to third party apis maintaining status is relevant. So asking if he need help or if its dead is a fair question. dead and death are not nice words, but github is a world with many persons that dont speak native english.

dangus 3y ago

If you look at the actual issues that ask about the development status, all the people who asked were really polite and gave the author of the tool best wishes as he works through his mental health. At no point would I describe those issues as “demanding,” just “inquiring.” The people who asked those questions were greeted by a software author who lashed out at them. See for yourself: https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/91 https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/91 https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/92 https://github.com/minimaxir/simpleaichat/issues/92 One person who asked (rightfully, IMO) pointed out that all these questions are reasonable considering the project has sponsorship and Patreon links. The author is collecting $100 a month in Patreon and GitHub sponsorships, which is not nothing.

0x073 3y ago

It's an library that can be used by others. Noone want use a libray that is not active maintained. simpleaichat also use other dependencies, i think they are choosed by the developer the same way i would choose his library. If its an library that implements things that dont change often like string functions this is not important. But a library connecting to third party apis maintaining status is relevant. So asking if he need help or if its dead is a fair question. dead and death are not nice words, but github is a world with many persons that dont speak native english.