Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers

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hi folks,

On Tue Jun 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM CEST, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 09:16:58AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
>> hi zack & serafi,
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>> zack, 15 years ago you reported #620686 and now serafi thankfully
>> wrote a patch, which I applaud, however I'm not entirely sure whether
>> it's not a bit too harsh, thus I would like a comment from you...
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>> (I fear that people could use this paragraph (as it is) to justify
>> reporting people for a few mistakes and I also wonder whether the=20
>> community should be mentioned in this paragraph as well.)

all good points. please find attached a revised patch.

thanks,
serafi

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