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0 pointssquigz1mo ago0 comments

TFA was posted in 2018; that drama is from the past few days. What connection is there?

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tom_1mo ago

But the link to the post was posted here just now! - which I'm assuming means something.

Both share a theme: the trials and tribulations of running an open source project, I suppose. Some contributions, one way or another, demand more of them than the maintainer might like. How do you deal with this? How do you set the boundaries? And so on.

squigzOP1mo ago

I guess we were responding to different things: my reading of GP's question was why the gist was posted (back in 2018), not why it was shared today.

But indeed yes, I can see that connection.

tom_1mo ago

I think you're right anyway. Re-reading the post with your comment in mind, I think it's clear enough that this was what was actually meant.

pixl971mo ago

You're not able to connect these two subjects?

A thesis on "don't abuse people in open source" and a bot "abusing people in open source"?

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tom_1mo ago

But the link to the post was posted here just now! - which I'm assuming means something.

squigzOP1mo ago

I guess we were responding to different things: my reading of GP's question was why the gist was posted (back in 2018), not why it was shared today.

But indeed yes, I can see that connection.

tom_1mo ago

I think you're right anyway. Re-reading the post with your comment in mind, I think it's clear enough that this was what was actually meant.

pixl971mo ago

You're not able to connect these two subjects?

A thesis on "don't abuse people in open source" and a bot "abusing people in open source"?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse