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by ffsm8 352 days ago
Likely because it's temporary?

It takes less effort to re-enable if it's just commented out and its more visible that there is something funky going on that someone should fix.

But yeah, even if it's temporary, it really should have the rationale for commenting it out added... It takes like 5s and provides important context for reviewers and people looking through the file history in the future.