Some people have needs that OpenBSD doesn't meet. Of course the
logical thing to do is to adapt it to meet them or to use something
which does but to some -- in line with the general complexication
that's progressing nowadays -- this simple solution is not enough
and the need to announce one's inadequacy to the world in passive
aggressive tones arises.
Indeed this happens so commonly that it has become something on the
order of a FAQ, and in order not to have to eat my own words from
the other day I've spent actual time in the other text editor doing
some actual hacking (I know, right?!?) and include this diff for
the developers' consideration.
I have taken the liberty of assuming you want to be at least
moderately polite as you tell people to kindly fuck off. My apologies
if that's an oversight; I can re-do it if you wish.
Matthew
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@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ FAQ - Introduction to OpenBSD
<li><a href="#OtherUnixes">Migrating to OpenBSD</a>
<li><a href="#Bugs" >Reporting Bugs</a>
<li><a href="#Support" >Supporting the Project</a>
+ <li><a href="#Riddance" >Flouncing Out</a>
</ul>
<hr>
@@ -415,3 +416,46 @@ contribute.
If you're a student, talk to your professors about using OpenBSD as a
learning tool for Computer Science or Engineering courses.
</ul>
+
+<h2 id="Riddance">Flouncing Out</h2>
+
+<p>
+If the bug or other general but il-described annoyance you've recently
+encountered has not been immediately fixed by the volunteers who
+create OpenBSD and provide it for free and at their own expense for
+your personal and frequently unthanked benefit, you may feel that
+simply leaving quietly and using whatever system you wish because it's
+not as if anyone even <em>wants</em> to stop you is not enough. In
+that case you can post a goodbye message to one or more mailing lists
+expressing your feelings in a last-ditch passive aggressive attempt to
+make developers, by-standers and the peanut gallery such as your's
+truly feel sorry for your self-imposed plight or whatever it is you're
+after (<i>nb</i>. although cross-posting is usually considered bad
+netiquette, a blind-eye is turned to it when flouncing out in a huff
+— in the case of extreme outrage non-OpenBSD mailing lists may
+be copied in).
+
+<p>
+The most common variants on this theme, which the OpenBSD project
+provides free of charge for you to use or adapt as you wish for this
+or indeed any other purpose, are included here. A popular adaptation
+is to refer to the alternative obliquely with terms such as "the other
+camp" or "the enemy".
+
+<ul>
+ <li>If OpenBSD won't adopt <i>thing</i> then I will have to
+ use <i>alternative</i> instead
+ (a popular variants on this reads "won't make <i>thing</i>
+ the default").
+ <li>Other people feel the same; I can't put up with it and have to
+ use <i>alternative</i> instead.
+ <p>It's presumed that the popularity of this variant is the hinted
+ suggestion that more users will eventually bugger off and is
+ being offered as a good-will gesture — a reminder to the
+ developers that things will eventually get better.
+ <li>I would prefer to use OpenBSD but I can't because <i>reason</i>.
+ <li><pre>unsubscribe</pre>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+Good-bye. Your help has certainly been appreciated.
