alt Hacker NewsGenuine question: Why not just close such derailing and burdensome issues and/or block mean people?
My guess: People would freak out if FOSS maintainers actually did this.
Genuine question: Why not just close such derailing and burdensome issues and/or block mean people?
My guess: People would freak out if FOSS maintainers actually did this.
From personal experience that usually results in the person on the attack opening two additional issues: 1) the original issue recreated, maybe with a childish flourish added e.g. "because we're apparently in the DPKR for this project" 2) a new issue claiming baseless censorship and attacking the maintainer(s) motivation and governance
A variation on this is the above plus they get a hoard of friends/wellwishers/bots etc to raise more issues claiming censorship and it devolves into a massive ad hominem flame war, doxxing, death threats and the usual rubbish that ruin a good thing.