[mikemcquaid]

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.

[Mystery-Machine]

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.)

[mikemcquaid]

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.

[iAMkenough]

Your users don't owe you anything. Act "nice" and you'll get "nice" back. Act "blunt" and you'll get "blunt" back.

[jajuuka]

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.

[usernamed7]

> 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.