Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Hmm. I'm not sure if that's a good resolution here. I do think many > people were positive in moving in that direction. If there's a > contributor that people have trouble working with, I'm OK giving up on > possible contributions they could make, even adaptations of their work. > > But if by working in an area they poison it for others (because there's > no desire to work with them, but no desire to step on their toes) that > doesn't seem like a workable long-term strategy. You may lick a corner of a piece of cake and think that it would repel other people enough to leave only you to consider eating it, but no, in this project, you aren't allowed to lick a Makefile and claim that you own it. Also, if some contributors get too annoying to be worth our time interacting with, it is OK to ignore them. > I don't think this topic is particularly urgent, so I'm OK to drop it > for now (and as always, it's your choice what you work on). But I'm > worried about the general precedent / principle.
