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by usernamed7 220 days ago
> As to me being a dick: I've been maintaining Homebrew for 16 years. It's used by millions of people. My full-time job has never been doing so and I've never been paid a market rate for my work on it (not that I expect or perhaps even deserve so). My primary concern with Homebrew is keeping the project actually running. This primarily requires the time, energy and work of maintainers doing so in their free time. It also requires contributors who submit pull requests.

your explanation did nothing to speak to being a dick, did not attempt to apologize, only tried to justify the poor behavior.
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mikemcquaid 220 days ago
I don't think I am a dick, I guess that went without saying.

I'll take critique from other maintainers who have done as much or more open source work for similar returns over similar time periods. Funnily enough, I'm friends with many, and they are supportive the vast majority of the time instead of critical. Maybe that's because they can relate and you cannot.

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Mystery-Machine 220 days ago
No one thinks they are a dick. But you are. At least in many instances as many of the comments here and elsewhere point out. I had similar experience trying to start a discussion about something in one of the Homebrew repositories.

The fact that you have many friends who confirm your bias of not being a dick...means exactly nothing. You have people telling you your words made them perceive your comment as being arrogant/blunt and your reply is: I'm successful open-source maintainer and have many friends who think I'm not arrogant and I only take critique from them. Have it your way. But in my eyes, you're being a dick. (Don't misinterpret this as my judgement of your engineering skills. I love Homebrew and it's an incredible feat. Congrats.)

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mikemcquaid 220 days ago
If you love Homebrew, maybe you might want to consider if repeatedly calling me a dick or arrogant/blunt is a particularly nice way to treat someone who spends their spare time building software you rely on.
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iAMkenough 220 days ago
Your users don't owe you anything. Act "nice" and you'll get "nice" back. Act "blunt" and you'll get "blunt" back.
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jajuuka 220 days ago
This, this is being a dick. Holding your project hostage because you want to flex your power over someone. It's entitled behavior. Glad I moved to MacPorts years ago.
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usernamed7 220 days ago
> Maybe that's because they can relate and you cannot.

Now you're deflecting. I passed no judgement i made an observation of your statement and you took it personally.

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