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Who says it works if the “author” isn’t thoroughly testing and reviewing it?

People who do this want the fun part of pretending they’re implementing a feature without actually putting in the hard work it takes to make something for real.

They want the repo maintainers to do all the hard, boring parts while they have fun. As if maintainers of open source projects don’t have enough thankless work on their plates. Good luck with that!



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