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I was excited for a new Helium browser release and it just turns out that people these days don’t even do a single google search before using a name that is alr

by yoz-y 1y ago

I was excited for a new Helium browser release and it just turns out that people these days don’t even do a single google search before using a name that is already taken. https://slashlos.github.io/Helium/ https://slashlos.github.io/Helium/

Tepix 1y ago
Wow, that's a real fuckup.
sbbu 1y ago
No commits on that project for 5 years, so what are you talking about?
- pazimzadeh 1y ago
  Also, superseded by He3 https://slashlos.github.io/He3/ https://slashlos.github.io/He3/
extraduder_ire 1y ago
There are, unfortunately, only 118 different element names to choose from. Few of which end with -ium.
timschumi 1y ago
Couldn't try to (together with Theo / t3) bully the Homebrew developers into a forced takeover of a package [1] if it were a conflict-free name. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/229061 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/229061
- AlkalineDreams 1y ago
  The cask has not been majorly updated in almost 10 years years and is used to connect to a mobile app that hasn't been on the Play Store for almost 5 years, while easily underneath the minimum threshold of downloads for being removed. What's wrong with asking to expedite the removal process, considering the process is detailed in the guidelines?
  - timschumi 1y ago
    > What's wrong with asking to expedite the removal process, considering the process is detailed in the guidelines? Asking is one thing, the other thing is not accepting the decision of a maintainer on a topic that is at the maintainers discretion and instead taking it to social media [1] [2] for it to be brigaded. Addendum: It additionally appears that this was filed before the browser was even launched, if the Wayback Machine and their social media posts are anything to go by. [1] https://x.com/uwukko/status/1970161297783238905 https://x.com/uwukko/status/1970161297783238905 [2] https://x.com/theo/status/1970266199469810127 https://x.com/theo/status/1970266199469810127

by yoz-y 1y ago

Tepix 1y ago

Wow, that's a real fuckup.

sbbu 1y ago

No commits on that project for 5 years, so what are you talking about?

pazimzadeh 1y ago
Also, superseded by He3 https://slashlos.github.io/He3/ https://slashlos.github.io/He3/

extraduder_ire 1y ago

There are, unfortunately, only 118 different element names to choose from. Few of which end with -ium.

timschumi 1y ago

Couldn't try to (together with Theo / t3) bully the Homebrew developers into a forced takeover of a package [1] if it were a conflict-free name. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/229061 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/229061

AlkalineDreams 1y ago
The cask has not been majorly updated in almost 10 years years and is used to connect to a mobile app that hasn't been on the Play Store for almost 5 years, while easily underneath the minimum threshold of downloads for being removed. What's wrong with asking to expedite the removal process, considering the process is detailed in the guidelines?
- timschumi 1y ago
  > What's wrong with asking to expedite the removal process, considering the process is detailed in the guidelines? Asking is one thing, the other thing is not accepting the decision of a maintainer on a topic that is at the maintainers discretion and instead taking it to social media [1] [2] for it to be brigaded. Addendum: It additionally appears that this was filed before the browser was even launched, if the Wayback Machine and their social media posts are anything to go by. [1] https://x.com/uwukko/status/1970161297783238905 https://x.com/uwukko/status/1970161297783238905 [2] https://x.com/theo/status/1970266199469810127 https://x.com/theo/status/1970266199469810127