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Given the recent uproar about AI usage in rsync a PSA: maintainers owe you nothing (mikemcquaid.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/opensource@programming.dev
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For those outside the loop: rsync starting using AI agents to handle the influx of AI security reports to improve the test suite and fix bugs. It introduced a few CVEs and people who never contributed in any way started firing shots at the maintainer.

rsync maintainer's response to the people getting pissy about his usage of AI: medium and the related post on programming.dev

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

people are justified to complain

I have to disagree. Not when they didn't pay any taxes or tolls to build or maintain the bridge, and the bridge has signs at the entrances which state that it is still a completely volunteer-maintained project. Doesn't matter how good the bridge is, or how many people have deemed themselves deserving of only good results, or that they don't bother to read the signs. There is no level at which "ok, now they are entitled to trouble-free outcomes".

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    At no point did I say anyone was entitled to anything - just that they're justified to complain. The maintainer doesn't have any requirement to care about their complaints nor any requirement to address them. But the people are justified in their response.

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