Sam didn't expect him to submit a patch at first, he said that _after_ the author refused to cooperate and was an ass.
The expectation to have a reasonable reproducer makes total sense, and if your reporter can't provide a clear reproduction, well, the developer can spend time on the bug but they're not obligated to. Our author was speaking like he was entitled to Sam's time.
I do agree "patches welcome" can be pretty passive aggressive, but in this case it was after our user was already an entitled asshole, and after our user posted AI slop, so I can understand why Sam might feel like being short.
Also, it's just wild that a "non-programmer" is submitting bug reports to a compiler, and then defending themselves with "but I'm not a programmer". Who cares about compiler warnings? Programmers. Compiler warnings are literally just for programmers.
Compilers are one of the projects where the devs actually can and should expect 100% of their users to be programmers, by definition. Why else would you be running a compiler?
I guess maybe the director of the CSI: Cyber show would care about them because they'd make the show look more l33t h4x0r, but I'm really struggling to think of any other audience for compiler errors.
Compilers are one of the projects where the devs actually can and should expect 100% of their users to be programmers, by definition. Why else would you be running a compiler?
Following some random instructions for "downloading good GenAI software from GitHub".
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Sam didn't expect him to submit a patch at first, he said that _after_ the author refused to cooperate and was an ass.
The expectation to have a reasonable reproducer makes total sense, and if your reporter can't provide a clear reproduction, well, the developer can spend time on the bug but they're not obligated to. Our author was speaking like he was entitled to Sam's time.
I do agree "patches welcome" can be pretty passive aggressive, but in this case it was after our user was already an entitled asshole, and after our user posted AI slop, so I can understand why Sam might feel like being short.
Also, it's just wild that a "non-programmer" is submitting bug reports to a compiler, and then defending themselves with "but I'm not a programmer". Who cares about compiler warnings? Programmers. Compiler warnings are literally just for programmers.
Compilers are one of the projects where the devs actually can and should expect 100% of their users to be programmers, by definition. Why else would you be running a compiler?
I guess maybe the director of the CSI: Cyber show would care about them because they'd make the show look more l33t h4x0r, but I'm really struggling to think of any other audience for compiler errors.
Following some random instructions for "downloading good GenAI software from GitHub".