• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    5 hours ago

    So, how about we start freaking out when someone starts making these fields required, instead of right away?

    • WraithGear@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      because it’s too late at that point, which is the whole point and issue!

      if the field is necessary, but the data is useless, then it shouldn’t be there. if the data becomes required then it should not be there. so the result, it should not be there

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        20 minutes ago

        because it’s too late at that point, which is the whole point and issue!

        A PR is when the discussion is supposed to happen. It’s an open source project, nothing happens “too late” to discuss. You see that change in the pull request, you can start moaning about it.

        if the field is necessary, but the data is useless, then it shouldn’t be there

        Who defines what’s “useless”? You? On what authority?

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          3 minutes ago

          the discussion happens right now, because i said so, because others are talking about it. and the data is useless when anything can be put in, it’s not used for anything, and it can’t be verified. it fails all three tests in determining usefulness