Found this blog post and found it had more insight into the issues around the dev and the toxicity in FOSS

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    I mean, yes. In some cases on some issues, some people get offended at things that are frankly a waste of anger. This is a good example of that imo, as opposed to being mad about real patriarchal shit like the wage gap, being mad because a general document says “he” seems like it’s really jumping the shark.

    Personally I’d probably have checked to make sure the person who submitted it didn’t pull an XZ utils or just fuck something else up by accident before I merged it, but assuming it was literally just :%s/he/they/g then I’d have merged it, simply because while I don’t think it’s really that big of an issue either way it’s easier to just do it than being brigaded and bullied.

    • MrBobDobalina@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      I mean, yes. In some cases on some issues, some people get offended at things that are frankly a waste of anger.

      Agreed. Though I’m not sure how this is a good example, as the PR just fixed it without any anger or offence taken.

      Then, there was anger after the PR got rejected because apparently being inclusive to women is ‘political’. This is where you can see that the maintainer didn’t just make a mistake, they made a choice and are sticking with it for reasons. This is where it becomes an issue.