Comment on I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
platypode@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoThe maintainer also comes off as a colossal asshole about the whole thing who didn’t even deign to offer a scrap of credit to the programmer who found and fixed a six-year-old bug. If the article is truthful, the maintainer is the sort of toxic, power-tripping, self-obsessed repo czar that actively makes the open source community worse.
Being a maintainer is often a thankless job. I will always give maintainers the benefit of the doubtz especially when they are being active, and not leaving gaps.
Regardless of how this contributer wants to be acknowledged for a drive by contribution, Im sure they will keep developing and build a name for themselves so that a single patch isn’t a huge issue
czech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The quote in the article is not what the maintainer actually wrote. What they wrote was:
Seems they should have attributed correctly but they weren’t as dismissive as the blog makes it seem.