>Maintainers should be able to screw up in public without fear of an internet pile-on.
While that's a nice soundbite in principal... Klode was incredibly rude on the bug report, didn't communicate with the upstream and (at the time) was seemingly unwilling to budge on the issue.
Actions have consequences and maintainers aren't above basic politeness just because their volunteer their time. This whole kerfuffle could've been avoided if he was just a bit nicer in his communication?
While that's a nice soundbite in principal... Klode was incredibly rude on the bug report, didn't communicate with the upstream and (at the time) was seemingly unwilling to budge on the issue.
Actions have consequences and maintainers aren't above basic politeness just because their volunteer their time. This whole kerfuffle could've been avoided if he was just a bit nicer in his communication?