[LockAndLol]

We have IPFS and the code for hosting most registries is open-source. If the opensource community really wanted to / got annoyed enough, it would devise a system that used those components to make a distributed package registry.

It's easy to complain, it's more difficult to work on solutions. We should all be doing more of the latter (working on solutions).

[Qwertious]

Working on solutions does nothing if you're not working on the right solution. There's nothing quite as useful as a really precise complaint.

[LockAndLol]

I disagree. A precise bug report is good, a "precise complaint" is a mere opinion. It feels really nice to write one and people like patting themselves on their back, but opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.

Personally, I'd much rather see a solution to a problem than a complaint. The solution might involve discussions that go back and forth, but if they culminate in a decision on a way forward with a person willing to do the work, they are much more useful than "your code sucks on line".

Complaining isn't contributing.

Edit: also, working on a solution doesn't preclude discussion on the proper solution.