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Sure. A good maintainer would see that, and perhaps ask politely for the missing required information.

That's the main job of a good open source maintainer really. Asking for people to provide more information, test cases, and documentation.

In this case, the maintainer queried the behaviour (in a rude way granted), and was not sure why it was wrong. All that attitude from the maintainer was definitely not needed.

If someone reports a bug to your project, make them feel welcome! Numerous times, I've seen these single bug reporter people turn into long time contributors. All it takes is a bit of attention, giving them credit, and providing a nice environment for them.

Anyway, it's good there is a much more functional team heading glibc these days.




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