gabek,

My heart goes out to xz. A single maintainer, who was clearly in a rough place with mental health, screaming out to the world for some help and additional contributions, and somebody shows up wanting to help. Could you imagine how happy that maintainer was? They were no longer alone.

And it turns out the only reason somebody wanted to help them was nefarious. I can’t imagine how they feel right now as everyone is blaming them. I hope they’re ok.

goku12,
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@gabek https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20240330144848.102a1e8c@kaneli/ (reply from Lasse Collin, the original maintainer who is currently on a vacation)

ErictheCerise,
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@gabek

We (the Open Source commumity) have been posting warnings and links to "That xkcd Comic" — y'all know which one — forever.

@jsj

shaknais,
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@gabek
It was a real world xkcd 2347.

https://xkcd.com/2347/

roadriverrail,
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@gabek I didn't know about this. Is there somewhere I can get some context?

gabek,
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