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Re:Excellent succinct breakdown of the xz mess, from an Open... by dpkirchner on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:18PM (#39944228)
If you received this patch from someone you trusted, and noticed the period, would you call it a typo or would you assume it is malicious?

Or is this just an argument over the use of the word "typo" instead of "mistake"? That wouldn't be very useful, IMO.

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