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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by bogwog on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:37AM (#39893492)
Sure, but handing over maintainership is a different situation from accepting a few PRs
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by saalweachter on Monday April 01, 2024 @12:29PM (#39895943)
Have you ever interacted with a volunteer organization?

If you show up for a tea & cookies meet-and-greet and aren't careful, they'll nominate you for chair just because no one else wants it, and "showed up once to a scheduled event" is a higher bar than half the other members have met in while.

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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by mardifoufs on Monday April 01, 2024 @01:08PM (#39896379)
I don't think he ever fully gave up his "top maintainer" status or gave away the repo. He just let Jian have defacto maintainership because no one else was really contributing
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