• jackpot@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    this isnt worth the time, it’s not a dependency of a huge piece of software

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      1 year ago

      Malicious account holders with a long term goal need to build reputation. It doesn’t matter much that such an app isn’t a dependency of other software.

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        1 year ago

        Practically every FOSS project is actively looking for volunteers/maintainers all of the time. More contributors are not problematic.

        The xz problem was that they socially engineered the main dev into giving them the keys to the kingdom.

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          1 year ago

          Making one a maintainer (with merge and possibly even direct commit/push permissions) is handing them a key to the kingdom. Recruiting a maintainer out of the blue without them being already contributor and long term participant in the project is questionable.