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> Maybe it's not socially acceptable to spit in the face of a volunteer

Why are you hedging this? Do you think maybe it is socially acceptable?

This isn't a hedge at all. There is likely an English mistake/misinterpretstion being made here. I am a native English speaker btw.

Do you believe the comments in this GitHub issue are acceptable social discourse towards an open source maintainer?

The first comment, which is a screenshot from Mastodon, is perfectly acceptable. There is a clear regression between newer versions of rsync.

Then egos got bruised and things leave the realm of reason soon after. But coming with a request saying "Version X worked while version Y doesn't", with maybe some degree of annoyance, is fine.

The title of the original issue, by the original issue submitter, is “Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software”.

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