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It was an oversight that was promptly fixed after the issue was raised. The dev created a post-mortem [1] and a wiki [2] describing the issue.

Seriously, give the poor dev a rest. It's absolutely uncalled for to throw in a non-sequitur about some bug from 7 years ago, making snide remarks about how that's a "design choice."

[1]: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/6068#note_409052...

[2]: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/wikis/dnslookupissue



Sure, it was an oversight. I am glad the issue was resolved swiftly, and I think George Nachman managed the issue well. But it is the existence of the bugs discussed in this thread that make me feel like not using iTerm2. I do not understand how can one not use past events as arguments in favor of not using a piece of software. I'm more than certain that George Nachman is a great developer developing great software, and I am not saying otherwise. I will however not cede that I do not wish to use iTerm2 because of the existence of the dns lookup bug in the first place, combined with the high input latency - I will not use software just because someone has put a lot of effort in it - I have to feel good about using it too :)




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