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Zed is now open source. It’s new, and it’s great!

by Aeolun 2y ago

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 2y ago
Sure but it does not work yet on Windows...
- dbcjv7vhxj 2y ago
  That's a feature.
- ramon156 2y ago
  You can build it for windows, that's still massive for an early project
- nurumaik 2y ago
  It does, you just have to build urself
  - n144q 2y ago
    That is "does not work" for most people, including on HN. Nobody should be expected to spend half an hour installing vidual studio and building a project before they can start to use an IDE.
    - PaulRobinson 2y ago
      So why not fix that? You can absolutely build a binary and release it and save thousands of people that effort. Comments like this remind me of people who complain about an error they saw on Wikipedia: "So, you're going to fix that, right?" If you have a pain point in OSS that you care about, you can fix that. Yes, you the person reading these words right now. That's the entire point of OSS.
      - n144q 2y ago
        I could, but nobody is going to trust my binary. And they shouldn't. The build should come from the official maintainer. Period. And participating in open source? Oh, I can assure you I am a seasoned open source contributor, but I am not going to just contribute to a random project. Wasted too much time on issues and pull requests that nobody looked at. Easy to criticize other people, right? What have you done?
        PaulRobinson 2y ago
        So help the official maintainer. Become the official maintainer of the Windows build. If you don't want to, or can't be bothered with the time commitment, that's fine, but realise that every time you complain about an OSS project's failings, you're really complaining about your own inability to contribute, not their's.
        n144q 2y ago
        my "own inability to contribute" Wow, didn't expect someone to pull off such accusations so quickly the SECOND time. I probably wrote more code in pull requests than your HN comments combined.
        Aeolun 2y ago
        You haven’t really refuted his point though? Which is that you are complaining about something you claim to be perfectly capable of yourself. It’s not about how much you contributed elsewhere. It’s about how much you contributed to the thing you take issue with. I get your point though, but maybe a discussion instead of an out of the blue pull request would work better.
        n144q 2y ago
        If Zed wants to treat Windows as a second class citizen, I don't want to change their mind. I am sure plenty of people other than me are willing to help and have the ability to contribute. The fact that there is no official build for Windows for so long says plenty about the project. The writing is on the wall. I am not an idiot. Recent developments in the open source world should already give everybody a better idea of where they should spend their time and energy.

Zed is now open source. It’s new, and it’s great!

by Aeolun 2y ago

Zed is now open source. It’s new, and it’s great!

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 2y ago

Sure but it does not work yet on Windows...

dbcjv7vhxj 2y ago
That's a feature.
ramon156 2y ago
You can build it for windows, that's still massive for an early project
nurumaik 2y ago
It does, you just have to build urself
- n144q 2y ago
  That is "does not work" for most people, including on HN. Nobody should be expected to spend half an hour installing vidual studio and building a project before they can start to use an IDE.
  - PaulRobinson 2y ago
    So why not fix that? You can absolutely build a binary and release it and save thousands of people that effort. Comments like this remind me of people who complain about an error they saw on Wikipedia: "So, you're going to fix that, right?" If you have a pain point in OSS that you care about, you can fix that. Yes, you the person reading these words right now. That's the entire point of OSS.
    - n144q 2y ago
      I could, but nobody is going to trust my binary. And they shouldn't. The build should come from the official maintainer. Period. And participating in open source? Oh, I can assure you I am a seasoned open source contributor, but I am not going to just contribute to a random project. Wasted too much time on issues and pull requests that nobody looked at. Easy to criticize other people, right? What have you done?
      - PaulRobinson 2y ago
        So help the official maintainer. Become the official maintainer of the Windows build. If you don't want to, or can't be bothered with the time commitment, that's fine, but realise that every time you complain about an OSS project's failings, you're really complaining about your own inability to contribute, not their's.
        n144q 2y ago
        my "own inability to contribute" Wow, didn't expect someone to pull off such accusations so quickly the SECOND time. I probably wrote more code in pull requests than your HN comments combined.
        Aeolun 2y ago
        You haven’t really refuted his point though? Which is that you are complaining about something you claim to be perfectly capable of yourself. It’s not about how much you contributed elsewhere. It’s about how much you contributed to the thing you take issue with. I get your point though, but maybe a discussion instead of an out of the blue pull request would work better.
        n144q 2y ago
        If Zed wants to treat Windows as a second class citizen, I don't want to change their mind. I am sure plenty of people other than me are willing to help and have the ability to contribute. The fact that there is no official build for Windows for so long says plenty about the project. The writing is on the wall. I am not an idiot. Recent developments in the open source world should already give everybody a better idea of where they should spend their time and energy.