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I think it's interesting to reflect on what we mean with maintain vs support. And while I agree with the author that people often expect too much of what maint

I think it's interesting to reflect on what we mean with maintain vs support. And while I agree with the author that people often expect too much of what maintaining mean at the same time I don't understand why the author want to be able to say that he maintains the library while ignoring potential bug ... If you are ignoring bug reports just say it's not maintained and if your forge allows it just disable issues, and it will be clear to users what they should expect.

em-bee 2y ago
your bug is my feature. some bugs are critical, and some are a mere inconvenience. for example, my app not looking right on your device could be considered a bug. but it works fine on mine because i have a different resolution. so it's not a bug for me, but rather the application was not designed to work on your device. the same goes for any bugs that result from interactions with a different environment. an environment i don't have, and possibly can't even test against. i'll fix those bugs if i have time and motivation (strongly influenced by the tone of the submitter, but also by the fact that i have a family and need to make a living) and if i can verify that the fix doesn't impact my own use.