I'm a 100% with you on this, but I always try to be as neutral about this as I can. A character/temper of a developer should not be the main topic of discussion, the software should be though.
To your comment about committees. That (or the lack thereof) is a big critique point the ansel developer makes. A leadership of one is better than the leadership of none. And since he forks darktable and mostly removes and replaces some functions I don't see it as a problem in this case, especially since he has been maintaining the project for many years now.
Anyway like I said, I would recommend trying the software and if you think it's worse than darktable just don't use it :)
I for instance have multiple software packages installed and am quite annoyed to have to use multiple packages for one "thing" and I always try to use the best tool for the job. On photo management/editing I'm quite torn
To your comment about committees. That (or the lack thereof) is a big critique point the ansel developer makes. A leadership of one is better than the leadership of none. And since he forks darktable and mostly removes and replaces some functions I don't see it as a problem in this case, especially since he has been maintaining the project for many years now.
Anyway like I said, I would recommend trying the software and if you think it's worse than darktable just don't use it :) I for instance have multiple software packages installed and am quite annoyed to have to use multiple packages for one "thing" and I always try to use the best tool for the job. On photo management/editing I'm quite torn