I don't want to speak uncharitably of Alacritty, which was my daily driver for a couple years. It's FOSS, the developers don't owe me/us anything, etc. And I never contributed (though I tried once or twice and was summarily rejected).
It's better to focus on the positives of other projects. I will say, on a more specific note, that if you use macOS and have been frustrated with certain longstanding issues in Alacritty, you're in for a pleasant surprise with WezTerm.
Support for macOS is not poor—though it could go that way eventually. It would be more accurate to say that Alacritty qua macOS software is now almost unmaintained. If you encounter a problem, don't hold your breath; deal with it in your own fork. (I did this for many months.)
> The initial issue description basically said "the colors are wrong" with no description of what specifically is wrong, what you've tried (if anything), and a non-representative screenshot where your "expected" results are being skewed by the non-focused window dimming. You put the onus on us to engage and poke at your problem to find out what you actually want.
> The defaults don't match your urxvt installation, and because they don't match your previous terminal, you insist they are somehow wrong.
> "Aparently the defaults are poor" - attacking a decision based on your personal bias without consideration for why things are the way they are or that others may actually enjoy the defaults
> "I think it would be a good idea to copy the default colors from urxvt." - this is basically saying the same as above but with more emphasis on expecting the project to change for and accomodate you.
> "Should I open an issue to review the default colors?" - A harmless question by itself, but with context from previous comments, this is again expecting the project to change for you.
You mean the original developer? When was he last involved? The problems I ran into, and saw other people experiencing, related to more recent maintainers. I'm not sure it's helpful to keep dredging up old issues like this.
It's better to focus on the positives of other projects. I will say, on a more specific note, that if you use macOS and have been frustrated with certain longstanding issues in Alacritty, you're in for a pleasant surprise with WezTerm.