[issue]: Remove BLOBs from the source tree · Issue #2795 · ventoy/Ventoy
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What happened? Due to the recent XZ-Utils drama I checked the code and I'm appalled. There are more BLOBS than source code. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/tree/3f65f0ef03e4aebcd14f233ca808a4f8946...

I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      I cannot fathom what in this issue description gives rise to your concern. It’s worded very calmly, clearly explaining why the author thinks these BLOBs shouldn’t be there, expressing an understanding that it’s not a top priority and even closing with a thank you.

        • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Is this not rude:

          I checked the code and I’m appalled. There are more BLOBs than source code

          No. The commenter is voicing their own feelings and explains why they have them. There is neither blaming nor rudeness here.

          And this:

          I understand that removing BLOBs isn’t a priority over new and shiny features. But due to recent events, this should be rethought.

          It would have been nice if you had explained why you think this is rude. The author expresses understanding that the maintainers’ priorities don’t align with the author’s. This seems to be an uncontroversial statement to me.

          Then the author explains (I agree, it’s more a hint than an explanation) why they think the priorities should be changed. In my view their argument is sound. Again, there is no blaming or rudeness here.

          They should have opened with a complement

          I assume you mean “compliment”.

          I’ve often heard of the “sandwich technique” – start with a compliment, then voice criticism, end with another positive thing. I find this is an appropriate procedure when voicing open feedback, that is, good things and bad things. However, this is a Github issue. Its whole point is to point out a perceived problem, not to give the maintainers a pat on the back or thank them.

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 months ago

      Actually you can and should Gordon Ramsey all over it. It is the duty of audience members to express how they feel honestly about the artwork.

      Open Source can and do understand that and open source software becomes better for it.

    • lorty@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 months ago

      I mean the author has simply ignored this issue. If you look into it there are a few that people simply do not know how to generate, so without the maintainer it’s impossible to make a PR solving this.