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brenoguim

For those using editors with mouse, it's very easy to add a character anywhere. Doesn't matter the place.
> It does not plausibly pass for a typo because no typical editing glitch will leave a '.' character there.

I would certainly attribute that to a typo if I was reviewing the code.

Re:Xz/liblzma: Bash-stage Obfuscation Explained on Friday April 05, 2024 @10:43AM (#39943000)
If you add the dot to Rust it doesnt break?
Re:Xz Backdoor and Autotools Insanity on Friday April 05, 2024 @10:22AM (#39942706)
> In my opinion Lasse Collin should have held to his reigns and let the project stagnate if he didn’t have the time to properly review changes. That’s better than hastily accepting contributors.

Hastily? Jia Tan was helping for more than one year...