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Maintainership transfer of uBlock: post mortem

BenTheElder 11y ago
Has there been any reply from @chrisaljoudi? Also, is there any reason this couldn't have moved to a github group (for the 'The uBlock Development Team') instead of someone else's personal account or something?
- currencyfreedom 11y ago
  When @gorhill pointed out that @chrisaljoudi was removing precious features from his version, he just replied with a "Philosophy" link telling everyone that, now that he has acquired control over it, this project isn't a democracy and he's going to do whatever pleases him with the brand that all of us helped to build: https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1306#issuecomment-95340908 https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1306#issuecomm...
  - BenTheElder 11y ago
    That's really rather disappointing. I missed out on all of this but I seem to have uBlock Origin as a result of installing it back when gorhill ran it, and I've been quite happy with it. Though, to be fair, he did just add an 'investigating' label to the issue 8 hours ago after pointing to the philosophy w/o democracy.
    - tim333 11y ago
      A recent tweet from @ChrisAljoudi: >"Better since it doesn't ask for donations." >Honey, go screw yourself.
      - BenTheElder 11y ago
        Asking for donations in the name of an open source project you didn't create, for yourself is the part that seems wrong. This guy seems full of it.
ethana 11y ago
As much as I dislike chrisaljoudi for doing shady things there as gorhill points out, this is as much of gorhil's hasty actions as it is chris' bad stewardship for the reputation of uBlock. On April 1st, the transfer of ownership to chris are hours within the announcement of gorhil's leaving the project. I understand the frustrations he was getting, but that was not a smart decision on his part. Projects are easy to create, brand names are not.
- BenTheElder 11y ago
  While I agree that the transfer of ownership at least seems hasty, I feel that this is more chris's bad stewardship. Some of it is pretty ridiculous like that his homepage makes it feel as if he's claiming he created it. https://chrismatic.io/ https://chrismatic.io/ > Some of what I make: uBlock.
  - Bootvis 11y ago
    And if you click that uBlock link you read: "made with love and care by Chris." Which might not be untrue but is quite misleading.
    - MetaCosm 11y ago
      Yeah, it is rather transparent he is trying to reap the rewards of others peoples effort to jack up his reputation.
- MetaCosm 11y ago
  I was going to ask, why didn't he convert it to an org and still maintain the tippy-top reins, but none of the day to day? Was it an ill-thought out rage-quit?
cookrn 11y ago
Based on what I've read, it seems like Chris should transfer the repository back to Gorhill and make a new fork with his desired changes. On a side note, if Gorhill wanted to transfer the repository to an empowered* group of contributors, an open source Github repository utilizing Teams could be another option. * By "empowered" I mean capable of independent action on the repository without waiting for Gorhill
- MetaCosm 11y ago
  I have to assume he wasn't aware of the feature or simply acted hastily.
fapjacks 11y ago
So what does this mean for the future of uBlock? Is this turdball now going to drive it into the ground? Or is there a fork in the works by the core devs that don't suck? Wat do.
- dkns 11y ago
  Gorhill's 'fork' (read original repo) is under active development with official Firefox version coming soon to AMO. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
viccuad 11y ago
Really dissapointed. I hope Chris is happy having completely stained his portfolio. You'd think a well maintained project would be worth more for his future career than some donations now. uBlock Origin is the way to go.
visoz 11y ago
Response from Chris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D1TpddtVUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D1TpddtVUA

Has there been any reply from @chrisaljoudi? Also, is there any reason this couldn't have moved to a github group (for the 'The uBlock Development Team') instead of someone else's personal account or something?

currencyfreedom 11y ago
When @gorhill pointed out that @chrisaljoudi was removing precious features from his version, he just replied with a "Philosophy" link telling everyone that, now that he has acquired control over it, this project isn't a democracy and he's going to do whatever pleases him with the brand that all of us helped to build: https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1306#issuecomment-95340908 https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1306#issuecomm...
- BenTheElder 11y ago
  That's really rather disappointing. I missed out on all of this but I seem to have uBlock Origin as a result of installing it back when gorhill ran it, and I've been quite happy with it. Though, to be fair, he did just add an 'investigating' label to the issue 8 hours ago after pointing to the philosophy w/o democracy.
  - tim333 11y ago
    A recent tweet from @ChrisAljoudi: >"Better since it doesn't ask for donations." >Honey, go screw yourself.
    - BenTheElder 11y ago
      Asking for donations in the name of an open source project you didn't create, for yourself is the part that seems wrong. This guy seems full of it.

ethana 11y ago

As much as I dislike chrisaljoudi for doing shady things there as gorhill points out, this is as much of gorhil's hasty actions as it is chris' bad stewardship for the reputation of uBlock. On April 1st, the transfer of ownership to chris are hours within the announcement of gorhil's leaving the project. I understand the frustrations he was getting, but that was not a smart decision on his part. Projects are easy to create, brand names are not.

BenTheElder 11y ago
While I agree that the transfer of ownership at least seems hasty, I feel that this is more chris's bad stewardship. Some of it is pretty ridiculous like that his homepage makes it feel as if he's claiming he created it. https://chrismatic.io/ https://chrismatic.io/ > Some of what I make: uBlock.
- Bootvis 11y ago
  And if you click that uBlock link you read: "made with love and care by Chris." Which might not be untrue but is quite misleading.
  - MetaCosm 11y ago
    Yeah, it is rather transparent he is trying to reap the rewards of others peoples effort to jack up his reputation.
MetaCosm 11y ago
I was going to ask, why didn't he convert it to an org and still maintain the tippy-top reins, but none of the day to day? Was it an ill-thought out rage-quit?

cookrn 11y ago

Based on what I've read, it seems like Chris should transfer the repository back to Gorhill and make a new fork with his desired changes. On a side note, if Gorhill wanted to transfer the repository to an empowered* group of contributors, an open source Github repository utilizing Teams could be another option. * By "empowered" I mean capable of independent action on the repository without waiting for Gorhill

MetaCosm 11y ago
I have to assume he wasn't aware of the feature or simply acted hastily.

fapjacks 11y ago

So what does this mean for the future of uBlock? Is this turdball now going to drive it into the ground? Or is there a fork in the works by the core devs that don't suck? Wat do.

dkns 11y ago
Gorhill's 'fork' (read original repo) is under active development with official Firefox version coming soon to AMO. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

viccuad 11y ago

Really dissapointed. I hope Chris is happy having completely stained his portfolio. You'd think a well maintained project would be worth more for his future career than some donations now. uBlock Origin is the way to go.

visoz 11y ago

Response from Chris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D1TpddtVUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D1TpddtVUA