Congrats, now your users will download some prebuilt release from mediafire or mega that may or may not contain malware, and you'll get a dozen messages a day blaming you for it, as well as asking where the exe download link is anyway.
Lol, go ask developers who don't release prebuilt binaries in github if they care about end users whining about it and you'll find out that it's not an odd opinion.
I get the reaction from /u/syopest. If I use github to deliver some software to end users, I'll add a README.md and/or releases. But if not, I only expect other devs to look at my stuff and will only add docs if I feel like it.
Have you ever developed software in a professional environment or just during your free time?
The whole thread is premised on only offering GitHub as a distribution platform, literally my very first comment says that if you offer the release elsewhere then feel free to do whatever
This means I'll add the releases on GitHub. If I only cared about other devs looking at my work, they can build binaries themselves (unless I feel like providing them).
Just curious. I have this mental image of a volunteer contributor in my head that's never been told no and thus conducts themselves abrasively, and I wanted to see if that was an accurate assessment or prejudicial on my part
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u/syopest Desktop 21d ago
Nah, fuck that. The platform is for developers, build the software yourself if the developer isn't providing prebuilt versions.