keeping a list of changes in the source code

Source?

Doesn’t really matter if you’re not positioned to be able to defend your license in court.

make your own mirror anywhere you like

Wonder why they didn’t just use something like Qt that works pretty seamlessly across all platforms.

It was always doomed from the start for several reasons IMO. The current design also causes it to get slower as the network gets larger…

because it didn’t happen to be a problem at the time

Only took 18 years since it was first reported.

I think the whole problem here is that someone’s definition of “civilized adult” is different from others. My definition doesn’t try to suppress people’s opinions, even if I don’t like them.

I’m not sure how voting makes it so we can’t respect each other’s opinions.

Typically this is done by adopting a CoC and then adding things to it that you don’t like. But I have seen more hostile methods too.

Personally I’d rather have a choice of who to follow based on whose opinions align better with my own, instead of everyone being forced to go with the majority… in other words I respect people’s freedom to have opinions I do not like, which I think this type of “community power” is in some ways the opposite of that.

I do not like distributed, community-driven leadership. The more leadership is shared, the more arguments there are, and the less gets done.

I would rather have a strong dictatorship focused on technical merit, to be deposed in the future for another dictator, again, based on technical merit.

I do not like distributed, community-driven leadership. The more leadership is shared, the more arguments there are, and the less gets done.

I would rather have a strong dictatorship focused on technical merit, to be deposed in the future for another dictator, again, based on technical merit.

Maybe we just need CEOs to be more receptive to developers’ wishes.

Oracle VMs have a perpetual free tier. Even AWS’s non-free tier starts around $3/mo, similar for buyvm/DigitalOcean/linode/etc. There are MANY options that are way cheaper than $70… unless I misunderstood your requirements.

I think it would just be a subjective opinion at that point.

And it’s not my line in the sand, but the actual definition:

Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

expensive

Highly disagree, but I realize expensiveness is subjective.

What is your definition of not cloud? Does anyone else’s VM count? So linode or digitalocean for example would be acceptable, or no?

I guess “alternative” is also subjective.

Terrible unsearchable name IMO. Also:

I do not like distributed, community-driven leadership. The more leadership is shared, the more arguments there are, and the less gets done.

I would rather have a strong dictatorship focused on technical merit, to be deposed in the future for another dictator, again, based on technical merit.

Because it was not directed at a specific person.

What closed source projects were ruined by politics like this?

no need for immature name-calling