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I'm getting downvoted because I'm not conceding that the miscommunication was a legitimate excuse for that blowup. And I'm going to continue to not concede that. I found this whole situation to be embarrassing, and I think instead of getting mad at the miscommunication, you should all be getting mad at the moron who took that screenshot and whipped up the mob frenzy to swarm that merge request, because ultimately Red Hat was 100% justified in not accepting that merge request, and it made you all look like morons.
It's fine to get mad on social media, but if you're contributing to GitLab or someplace else, then you need to slow your roll. There's always a process involved when contributing to a project, and you have to learn that process in order to contribute effectively. You can't blow up and whip up a social media frenzy at the slightest inconvenience.
Edit: Sorry, @[email protected]. I should also add that I'm not mad at you personally or anything, or calling you a moron. I'm more talking about the collective response to this situation. And I'm pretty bad at words, so I feel like I accidentally made it too angry.