Some comments are just… beyond comment

Posted Sep 24, 2025 16:07 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Some comments are just… beyond comment by koverstreet
Parent article: An unstable Debian stable update

> A "take it or leave it attitude" only works if you really don't need someone, otherwise it's a great way to make people not want to work with you.

...Please keep in mind that you are among the very few that are paid to work on "your code"

The overwhelming majority of us are not, and that changes the equation considerably.

Posted Sep 24, 2025 16:22 UTC (Wed) by koverstreet (✭ supporter ✭, #4296) [Link]

Yep, and saying "we're going to do things right, ship working code and take responsibility for our screwups" attracts people to the project :)

A lot of people want to be a part of something like that.