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I totally agree that point releases like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12362147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12362147 (ones that don't solve not
by sytse 10y ago
I totally agree that point releases like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12362147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12362147 (ones that don't solve not a big security vulnerability) don't belong on the HN frontpage. I don't think a team member of GitLab ever submitted one and I've just shared this thread with the team and the core team to ensure that we won't do so in the future. Please let me know if there is anything else we can do to prevent noise.
- abtinf 10y agoI appreciate your effort. Just to avoid any misunderstanding, I didn't mean to imply that Gitlab intentionally submits point releases or promotes them to the HN front page. But even if that was the case, I don't think there is anything wrong per se with merely submitting to HN. Software releases can, and frequently are, on topic. And a point release that fixes a major security issue may certainly warrant the front page. This is a complicated issue and every solution I can think of has significant, unacceptable unintended consequences. I also suspect this problem has deep roots in the upvoting behavior of certain kinds of users - it completely baffles me that this submission has over 60 upvotes.
- sytse 10y agoThanks. I understood you didn't imply that. Just wanted to make sure we're being good HN citizens :)