> Seems debatable and debated, reading through the rest of this thread.
Most of the people commenting in this thread haven't looked at the code and anyone saying the two patches are equivalent can be safely ignored. Out of the issues kazinator pointed out, 1 and 2 are definitely major issues and 3 is debatable although it is definitely suboptimal.
> some of those consequences may be deleterious to a project's health
Of course, but I think it might not be in the way the "everyone can be a valued contributor" crowd thinks.
Most of the people commenting in this thread haven't looked at the code and anyone saying the two patches are equivalent can be safely ignored. Out of the issues kazinator pointed out, 1 and 2 are definitely major issues and 3 is debatable although it is definitely suboptimal.
> some of those consequences may be deleterious to a project's health
Of course, but I think it might not be in the way the "everyone can be a valued contributor" crowd thinks.