This is a repost with a better target url, previous submission here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44727438

There's a rule I always follow when a developer does things like this: do they have a history of histrionics? In this case, yes, so I'm inclined to believe their personality is a major factor in whatever controversial decision that's been made. All emulator authors (and free software developers in general) deal with bogus bug reports and I'm sure they're annoying, but taking rash actions that end up deliberately inconveniencing people isn't an action taken to help a project, it's a tantrum.

Of course it's their project to do as they will, but I don't have any empathy for their problems with the community. At this point it's clear they're mostly self inflicted. Perhaps it's ego, a lack of emotional self control, impatience with others, but there are plenty of emulator projects that chug along just fine without constant news of the authors doing something stupid, in spite of dealing with the same irritations every day.

The relevant cmake file does this btw:

    if($ENV{DEBUGINFOD_URLS} MATCHES ".*archlinux.*")
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported environment.")