> It was never Nikolay's job to vet actix-web for you, nor did it become his job when the library became popular, nor does invoking "security" change anything in the slightest.
I don't think the anger is directed at there being security issues, the anger is directed at the fact that even when security vulnerabilities where found and patched, there was major pushback even getting those patches merged into the library. And regardless of how strongly you feel about 2), the community is extremely validated in saying "Hey this library in a language that professes security isn't secure and the maintainer doesn't seem to care". These statements aren't mutually exclusive
I don't think the anger is directed at there being security issues, the anger is directed at the fact that even when security vulnerabilities where found and patched, there was major pushback even getting those patches merged into the library. And regardless of how strongly you feel about 2), the community is extremely validated in saying "Hey this library in a language that professes security isn't secure and the maintainer doesn't seem to care". These statements aren't mutually exclusive