Comment by nindalf
5 years ago
They're referring to the maintainer's conscious decision to reject a patch made in good faith, that fixed the issues that had been pointed out. It was rejected with the statement "this is boring." Do you think this behaviour is justifiable?
> I think you are confused
You sure?
> They're referring to the maintainer's conscious decision to reject a patch made in good faith, that fixed the issues that had been pointed out.
You're misrepresenting the problem. There was never a bug or an issue, only a bunch of opinionated and vocal users who thought that bullying a maintainer is an acceptable way to get him to accept their patches. The maintainer rejected the bullies' actions and in turn the bullies ramped up their attacks, which ultimately convinced the maintainer that closing up shop is the best way to stop having to deal with these bullies.
> You're misrepresenting the problem. There was never a bug or an issue
The story originated from the author of this article [0] posting a bug report issue [1].
Why are you accusing others of misrepresenting the problem while doing so yourself?
0: https://medium.com/@shnatsel/smoke-testing-rust-http-clients...
1: https://archive.is/BEqfM
Please stick with the facts and thus with primary sources. Part of the blame of this shitstorm lies in those who insist in misrepresenting the problem with bullshit blog posts and "he said she said" nonsense.
https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/epszt7/actixnet_unsou...
Unfortunately this is not the first time Rust soundness/unsafe zealots are aggressive and create shitstorms in the community.
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It is if your the one maintaining it. It's not like people are paying the person to accept their patches. If they want their patch applied they can fork the project. The maintainer isn't a slave to others.
Under what obligation does the maintainer NEED to accept any patch? It's his project he built. He can build or destroy his work as he sees fit. If you have an issue fork it. This is how things like libreoffice, mariadb, and countless other projects have come to exist.