> As several comments in the issue mention, it's up to the developers that contribute to an open source package to decide how they do it. Complaining on an issue tracker (apparently without proof) about AI ruining a piece of software is a form of "Open Source contributor abuse" discussed frequently on Hacker News
Sure, the developer can do whatever they want with their open source package. They could also freely ship malware or exploits. That certainly doesn't make them immune to criticism, especially when it starts suffering from critical failures or the results of their changes make it no longer usable in specific environments.
A lot of the comments on the issue tracker are obviously out of line and I imagine a decent chunk is ragebaiting. But I think if people want to continue using LLM shit, they need to be ready to weather ALL criticism that comes with it.
The result might be closing bug trackers for the core open source projects. Or make them invite only. Even fundamental projects like Linux or LLVM accept AI contributions.
> But I think if people want to continue using LLM shit, they need to be ready to weather ALL criticism that comes with it.
And if they don't then too? Because why should they not have to weather ALL "criticism" that comes with writing open source software?
Apparently there are lots of people defending comments that "are obviously out of line and [...] ragebaiting". That sure makes being an open source developer enjoyable!