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by pishpash 16 days ago
If the maintainer used any other tool which is suspected to cause a number of recent problems, it'd be discussed. The tone is a problem but the reaction is equally problematic. It isn't even clear the maintainer hasn't been silently changed if agents are used, depending on the extent. That itself is worthy of discussion, and "maintainer decision" is not the right call in that situation. One comment basically insinuates that with instructions for AI, though it was written as a trollish joke.
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It can be discussed but not like this. The tone is problematic and results in the reaction. You're basically saying: I found a few bugs and I saw that you use tool X, thus you're now not worthy of maintaining this software without my supervision. Which is tiring if the initial report doesn't even show what exactly was wrong, or if something was wrong. It's just a feeling of: something doesn't work for me; I don't like AI tools; I see you're using AI tools; therefore I now tell you that you're not capable of maintaining this package, and I have to intervene. Such a stark comment must be done on more than just vibes and feelings.