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by palata 274 days ago
It's not rare for me to ask if they tested it. They can lie, but if they say they did and it crashes on me right when I start it, then I may never trust this contributor ever again.

Also I don't hesitate to be frank in my review, it's okay to say "I won't merge your feature because I don't think I can maintain that, but you're free to keep your fork". Or "I can merge it if you change this and this", but in that case I need to actually merge if they do what I asked for.

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> They can lie, but if they say they did and it crashes on me right when I start it, then I may never trust this contributor ever again.

If it’s obvious without a shadow of a doubt that someone has lied, either on an issue or a PR, I’m very much inclined to block them. I have a lot of patience for people who are still learning or make silly mistakes but are genuinely making an effort; but if someone doesn’t even help me help them, that’s disrespectful and such behaviour shouldn’t be rewarded.