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They basically took the idea from this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-canned-resp...
I was working in a data entry job in 1983 and the system would expand predefined text sequences into the matching full text as needed.
Doing this through a pretty dropdown is the same idea.
I'll bet the idea wasn't new in 1983 either.
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My new username: andrewstuart'); DROP TABLE repositories;-- :-P ( https://xkcd.com/327/ )
Hi andrewstuart'); DROP TABLE repositories;--, Thanks for sending this in! Based on my reading, this is working as intended and is not a bug in the code. Let me know if I'm misreading something. Thanks again!
It was a bad joke, I guess.
It's a nice feature for busy repos such as npm ( https://github.com/npm/npm/issues ) but I hope people with smaller repos stay away from it. I would hate an automatic reply for filling an issue for a small library or such.
>>> I would hate an automatic reply for filling an issue for a small library or such.
If the issue is lets say not reproducible because of lack of information provided, does it really matter if the response was typed out by hand? The response would be the same, give or take a couple of words.
"Please ask support questions on Stack Overflow or the users group. I am closing this."
I would be okay with these responses if it was remotely apparent whether Issues acts as a discussion forum or not. It varies for every project unfortunately. For smaller projects, the risk of asking on SO is the maintainer, and anyone else familiar with the project, will never see it as they wouldn't be actively monitoring it. Hopefully Github's current blast of Issues updates will make it easier for project owners t…
Personally, I create an issue if I strongly believe that it is a bug in the project or I want to suggest some improvements (e.g. found some strongly outdated docstrings) and head to SO if I believe that it's me doing something wrong.
But I can easily see how the distinction is very subjective and blurry.
"Please ask support questions on Stack Overflow or the users group. I am closing this."
They really have been on a roll with the new features since the Dear Github letter happened
Keep in mind that these kinds of features were likely in development prior to the letter, although it's likely the letter accelerated the time table a bit.
They basically took the idea from this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-canned-resp...
They really have been on a roll with the new features since the Dear Github letter happened