You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

Please don't litter HN with LLM generated slop, this is actively reducing the quality of discussion. No one wants a future HN where people just spam LLM responses at one another.

Re: You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

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Post by kylecazar » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 2:15 PM UTC

politelemon wrote: post #2

It seems they do not want you to report an issue without an accompanying fix for it. > If you would like to report a problem you find when using you-get, please open a Pull Request, which should include [snip] Can't say I've encountered this before.

They want you to just submit a PR with a test that, if passed, would indicate the problem for you is fixed.

Re: You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

#8

Post by onionisafruit » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 2:17 PM UTC

politelemon wrote: post #2

It seems they do not want you to report an issue without an accompanying fix for it. > If you would like to report a problem you find when using you-get, please open a Pull Request, which should include [snip] Can't say I've encountered this before.

Interesting. I like the idea of encouraging people to try creating a test or even a whole fix, but saying that’s all you will accept is a bit much. On the other hand, I’m not doing the work to maintain you-get. I don’t know what they deal with. This may be an effective way to filter a flood of repetitive issues from people who don’t know how to run a command line program.

Re: You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

#9

Post by wccrawford » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

politelemon wrote: post #2

It seems they do not want you to report an issue without an accompanying fix for it. > If you would like to report a problem you find when using you-get, please open a Pull Request, which should include [snip] Can't say I've encountered this before.

As the other commenter said, they want a failing test, not a fix.

    A detailed description of the encountered problem;
    At least one commit, addressing the problem through some unit test(s).
        Examples of good commits: #2675, #2680, #2685

"Addressing" is probably a bad word to use here. "Demonstrating" would have been better, IMO.

Re: You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

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Post by thangngoc89 » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 2:19 PM UTC

kylecazar wrote: post #7

politelemon wrote: post #2

It seems they do not want you to report an issue without an accompanying fix for it. > If you would like to report a problem you find when using you-get, please open a Pull Request, which should include [snip] Can't say I've encountered this before.

They want you to just submit a PR with a test that, if passed, would indicate the problem for you is fixed.

What happens if you don’t know Python? Python is a relatively easy language to learn but no way I’m gonna learn Python just to report an issue