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Do you think we get software like zlib and libjpeg and BLAS and linpack by people shrugging off working for the community and failing to fix bugs? Otherwise we
by wbl 7y ago
Do you think we get software like zlib and libjpeg and BLAS and linpack by people shrugging off working for the community and failing to fix bugs?
Otherwise we get dozens of half broken forks all over the place. That's no fun for anyone.
This wasn't a drive by beg. This was a patch solving real demonstrable problems and at minimum there should have been a transition plan due to basic decency.
- compiler-guy 7y ago"The maintainer owes the community something, simply because the community decided to adopt the project." Doesn't work that way, I'm afraid. The maintainer already gave the community something, and doesn't owe them anything more.
- mratsim 7y agoThey owe people who write PR basic courtesy, not refusing patches on ground that it is "boring".
- compiler-guy 7y ago"Basic courtesy" is one thing. Accepting patches because they don't find them interesting is another thing, is different, and not required. Giving someone the mere ability to make a PR is already a gift far beyond what the original author owes.
- mratsim 7y agoI'm not advocating for or against accepting the patch. I'm saying that the tone of the refusal is inappropriate.