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josephg | on: AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere
> telling maintainers how to act will not fix anything.

I'm just saying its ok to ignore overly enthusiastic contributors and tell them to just fork your project.

I think this does help, actually. In my early days of maintaining opensource software I felt burdened by open PRs - like I was letting someone down by ignoring their work. "Its ok, let them do whatever in their own fork" is advice I wish someone had given me.

dotancohen | parent

  > I'm just saying its ok to ignore overly enthusiastic contributors and tell them to just fork your project.
I propose the phrasing "fork off".
josephg | root | parent
A maintainer recently told me to “Fork baby, fork!” in response to a large patch set.

I was delighted.