[matheusmoreira]

> we don't respect maintainers who leave in buffer overruns or x-site scripting, why should we respect maintainers who don't respect users?

Because they're the ones putting in the work. I could patch all the programs to use whatever paths I liked best if I really cared but the truth is I don't want to put in that much effort. So I just work with what I'm given instead.

Besides, dotfiles conventions are not even in the same category of technical decision as literal vulnerabilities. One puts people at actual risk, the other is just opinion on file system taxonomy.

I mean, I have opinions on proper file system organization too and they certainly don't match Unix "tradition" but I don't go to other people's issue trackers and shame other developers when they make "excuses" for not following whatever scheme I thought up. I have reasons and I can certainly try to convince others that I'm right but it's simply offensive to show up out of nowhere with an indignant tone demanding that others make changes of a subjective and frankly trivial nature and then criticizing them in other forums when they refuse.