I think that the author had the audacity to imply that his project is grater or equal to many people's favorite tools. Add this to the rewrite it in rust meme and people feel entitled to pummel the author to the ground. I call it the righteousness fallacy where the fact that the other side is wrong give oneself permission to be as ugly as it feels good because if the other is wrong, then one can't be anything but right.
I really only had issue with the fact that they decided their hobby project was ready to be shipped using mainstream package managers.
Most of the pummeling is me just defending this viewpoint after getting pummeled for my negativity.
Nothing should be immune from criticism, and something really can't be a "hobby project" and distributed with mainstream package management tools at the same time. You have to pick one. Names are finite.
If this was a "clone my github" only distribution, I'd have kept my mouth completely shut.
I actually didn't have anybody in mind when commenting but the general direction of the discussion. As far as I get your main issue is the name squatting which is okay. Good names are hard to get and this is something that all packet managers should take into account. However, please, don't be too harsh on someone who wants a nice name for their project.
