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This just screwed me over big time."
https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1#issuecomment-575...
These kind of entitled attitude is probably exactly why the guy just removed everything.
More details / discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/epszt7/actixnet_unsou...
"Ok... So that was unprofessional. If you don't want to maintain a project anymore, you give it to someone else and link to that repo in your README. This just screwed me over big time." https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1#issuecomment-575... These kind of entitled attitude is probably exactly why the guy just removed everything. More details / discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/epszt7/ac…
Be a maintainer of large open source project is not a fun task. You alway face with rude and hate, everyone knows better how to build software, nobody wants to do home work and read docs and think a bit and very few provide any help.
This a big problem with open source - I, as a programmer, like when someone commends me. It might be childish, but if I invest a few days into code and someone finds it useful - I would love to hear it, it would make the day for me. Instead, I had similar experience like the author of actix - hatred, rudeness and a lot of people who don't read the docs, they merely expect everything to work if they drop the library into their project.
Sadly, we're way too negative and don't appreciate OSS maintainers. This trend should change. It's sad to see yet another project go because author was mentally drained due to negativity. We should take care of our own "brothers in arms" (we all write code or deal with tech, don't we?).
I haven't used Actix-web, but I can sympathize with the author. Keep your head up, recharge your batteries and remain creative. Good luck with your future products!
Asking for a friend - could someone explain what happened there? The README doc is quite vague - it is more of a personal justification than a rationale (to me).
Sounds like the maintainer writes a lot of code using rust's "unsafe" keyword, and regularly gets issues raised about this (and versioning, and some other bits). This last issue, which included a patch, has pushed them over the edge after it descended into disagreement. Net/net they were repeatedly asked to change coding style, didn't want to, and have decided it's better to just avoid the arguments by not publishing…
What is hard about this?
"Ok... So that was unprofessional. If you don't want to maintain a project anymore, you give it to someone else and link to that repo in your README. This just screwed me over big time." https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1#issuecomment-575... These kind of entitled attitude is probably exactly why the guy just removed everything. More details / discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/epszt7/ac…
"Ok... So that was unprofessional. If you don't want to maintain a project anymore, you give it to someone else and link to that repo in your README. This just screwed me over big time." https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1#issuecomment-575... These kind of entitled attitude is probably exactly why the guy just removed everything. More details / discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/epszt7/ac…
They're right, it was unprofessional... but since the maintainer is not being paid this is not a professional project. It's a personal project. And this seems like a perfectly personal thing to do with something that's preventing happiness.
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Sounds like the maintainer writes a lot of code using rust's "unsafe" keyword, and regularly gets issues raised about this (and versioning, and some other bits). This last issue, which included a patch, has pushed them over the edge after it descended into disagreement. Net/net they were repeatedly asked to change coding style, didn't want to, and have decided it's better to just avoid the arguments by not publishing…
The maintainer can choose whatever style they damn well please, if you don't like it don't use it. What is hard about this?