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Cake day: October 16th, 2023

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  • I see your point, but you likely also need to be compiling multiple versions for different architectures and OSes. If you offer an exe someone will turn up asking for a msi, etc, etc.

    In theory, you can get this automated, but then you’re requiring a dev to learn and maintain these tools instead of working on their project.

    I do edit and spell check my posts because I believe that when posting something (text, software, etc) it’s proper to make it easy to consume, without forcing dozens/hundreds/thousands of people to fix your errors. I would expect these things, but I don’t demand these things, and I think it’s inexcusably entitled for anyone to do so.


  • What I’m hearing is you’d rather that the developer used their time to produce binaries so you don’t need to spend your own time.

    The problem with open source is that people expect a lot time and effort to go into things like bug fixes, documentation and support, when often the devs start out making something to scratch a personal itch. They then share it for the benefit of others, and it can be a slippery slope where you can end up with a second job, except you don’t get paid or even thanked.

    Open source burnout is a big problem.