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Re:A Sad Day for Rust by mirekrusin on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:25PM (#22078201)
I think you're missing a point. If you promise something, people will get upset if you don't deliver. There were no promises made here. If you want to compare it to your example, it's more like your "primary teacher" would ask you to cover one week after other and after 3 years you'd say you just won't do it anymore - should anybody be upset at you?
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Re:A Sad Day for Rust by Wowfunhappy on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:39PM (#22078352)
I don't know enough about the specifics of this situation. My point is, I don't agree with the idea that volunteers inherently owe nothing.

And to focus on a different part of the analogy for a moment—if somebody looks more closely at what I'm teaching students, and sees that I'm actually showing them how to use flamethrowers, yeah, they have a right to be upset. Again, it doesn't matter that I'm a volunteer, they've placed a significant degree of trust in me.

People should still audit their dependencies, just like people should observe my teaching. But it's also fair for them to have expectations.

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Re:A Sad Day for Rust by mirekrusin on Friday January 17, 2020 @04:26PM (#22079527)
He's the author, not a voluneer. He didn't promise/volunteer to do anything.
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