The AI’s fix saved his distro for him, though the maintainers closed it

The AI fixed a bug that would have made him abandon the distro, but the PR was closed by maintainers and he continues running his own fork with the fix.

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How it works

The AI fixes a bug that would have made him abandon the distro
The PR is closed by maintainers
He continues running his own fork with the fix

Why it’s worth knowing

A fork of one is still a fix that works.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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