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Author here. I’m not asking for anything in particular, I’m primarily writing about a shift in Open Source culture I have observed.

• yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  I mean, maybe s/asking for/wishing for/g? but the summary of the post really reads to me as approximately "I really liked it better when contributors weren't anonymous". I grant that it reads as hedging a lot and acknowledging that that has problems, but it's not at all neutral overall.
  • the_mitsuhiko 3y ago
    I’m not sure myself. I think on the range of that I wish contributors were is some form of known identity but that doesn’t have to be specific form of one. Some form of social contract that when you contribute you are not someone who will disappear. However it looks like that’s something that not everyone subscribes to any more. I would love to know how the kernel and other projects approach this nowadays. Their contribution guides imply an abstract sense of identity but it doesn’t describe much what this entails.
    • yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
      That's fair. I think I could support wanting stable/persistent identities, but not tying them to real-life identities. Though it's worth pointing out that neither would have helped with the xz incident AIUI.