Look at the timestamps. It’s months of complete silence, which is not a great sign from a saas. It was clear that the feature was popular.
Another thing that annoys me to no end is locking threads because it’s “heated”. Just accept the grief and venting, people deserve it. It’s toxic positivity.
I agree - I think the maintainers of the project could have handled this better by responding to it immediately. But that wouldn't have resolved the wasted effort of the whole PR.
> Just accept the grief and venting, people deserve it. It’s toxic positivity.
Absolutely not. No one is entitled to vent at a project, and no maintainer deserves to have that directed to them.
Maintainers do not owe you this, in addition to maintaining the software that you can use for free. You're entitled to be upset, and they're just as entitled to say "please go somewhere else to vent, we're busy".
If they don't want to provide the best possible product and not accept outside contributions, they should not provide a free and open source repository.
Why should they accept venting and grief on their territory? Let venters and grievers do their stuff on some other premises. HN, for one, is particularly acceptable.
You're completely right, though obviously they didn't lock it because it was "too heated" despite what they wrote. They locked it because people were writing negative comments about them.
Frankly I think they're totally justified in this. They need to eat. The things they should have done differently are:
1. Confront the issue at the start rather than waiting months and just hoping it would go away.
2. Less bullshit corporate speak response. They could have been honest that they didn't want to give this away for free otherwise they'd go out of business, and that it's open source so the author is free to maintain their patch/fork if they want. Most reasonable people would understand this. "It doesn't align with our vision" is just vomit-inducing weaseling.
Agreed. For the open core model to work in practice, there needs to be clarity in what’s open and what’s off the table. The problem is that open core appears to be, most of the time, not a serious commitment. At least I don’t trust “self-hostable” at face value anymore if there’s a company behind it. In the worst case, it’s bait and switch.
There’s still value-add in eg source-available products. So there’s a meaningful spectrum of openness, assuming the decision makers are willing to explain their commitment upfront and stand by it.
Another thing that annoys me to no end is locking threads because it’s “heated”. Just accept the grief and venting, people deserve it. It’s toxic positivity.