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The Debian maintainer is probably a volunteer. Can we not troll people who make Debian and Foss possible?
You have a point to some degree, yet I still think it is defensible to make this post. He majorly altered software
He then went on to defend that decision in a less-than-graceful way before announcing there will be a second, new package.
But, to make it clear: I certainly don't approve of hate directed toward him and I don't have a personal issue with him.