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Re:A Sad Day for Rust by deng on Friday January 17, 2020 @11:26AM (#22076027)
> You publish your code to Github, you're part of a community.

Hell no. It that were the case, I'd never publish anything.

> You make it open and allow for contributions and see people are using it, you should be clear about your level of give-a-shit.

It is YOUR responsibility to see that for yourself by watching how the project is actually maintained.

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Re:A Sad Day for Rust by unethical_ban on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:42PM (#22080340)
Both are true. I obviously can't trust that maintainers will do what they SHOULD do via common sense and online civility, so I SHOULD vet them appropriately.

Why do so many people insist on being aloof and unhelpful in communicating to users of their software? What is so hard about offering a modicum of context for what people can expect of you as a maintainer? It's so ideologically rigid and unreasonable.

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