Like... people are here just posting testing results when one of the most important contributors has stepped away from the patcher. It's like walking past the scene of an accident and sayin "oh well, glad it wasn't me" not even thinking about the ramifications of what just happened.
I feel many here might not have a clear understanding of how important of a contributor
@educovas was to OCLP.
This also applies to all the other maintainers who have worked on the project, especially Mykola. I can't tell you how many hours and hours I spent with Mykola working on different upgrade paths, UI changes and fixes. I'll be completely honest, I really really miss those times. I will always cherish being able to work with one of the most brilliant developers I've ever met.
I need to be CLEAR on this - the core group with @dhinakg at the head is still very strong and I have the upmost confidence in them!!! 👍 The project is in good hands and having the original co founder and developer heading up the project is exactly what you want.
I just can't get past the feeling that open source software is both a blessing and a curse. Wonderful in the fact that the software is now open to thousands of users free of charge! Yet, the demands of users on the maintainers is almost unbearable. The reality is that thousands and thousands of users are running OCLP. They are so grateful that it is bringing new life to their old Mac. The problem? Some of the most vocal people are also the most negative. If you don't think that hits hard, then try doing what they do every day. You can read through 50 nice comments and that one super negative comment hits so hard. It's also so easy to play arm-chair quarterback and say "OH no big deal, who gives a crap what they say". It just hits different when you pour so much of your time into something like this only for it to get crapped on. Did you just work 9 hours at your regular job? Oh well now you have to put in another 5 debugging code for people demanding WHERE IS THE TAHOE UPDATE>!?!?!
Oh and don't forget if someone lifts your code and claims it theirs or "improved". Imagine poring hundreds of ours into something only to find out someone is pawning it off as "oh look how simple this is, it works!" Was that tested against 80 models? Was the security of that app and how it applies patches examined or implemented correctly? WHO CARES RIGHT? Don't get me wrong, anyone can fork an open source project. BUT!! The idea is to help contribute to that project NOT to take it as your own.
I also understand that putting out a nightly test patch is the way open some source software projects works. But we need to look it in reality. That software is for advanced users to test with the full acknowledgment that it might fail or wreck your Mac. Instead, we have unskilled users trying it out and then wrecking their system. They then head over to the OCLP discord and Reddit demanding help. WHY IS MY SYSTEM BROKE?
I think you can tell at this point that I'm very passionate about this software. I truly do believe in the mission of keeping old hardware alive and out of the dump. Plus the brilliant developers who contributed to this project really deserve credit. They worked together to put something genuinely amazing into the world that has helped thousands of people.
No one can ever take that away from you. Thank you.
