[butter999]

The onus is always on you to figure out what information is and is not reliable. People who haven't stated their feelings still have them. They might still be pursuing an agenda other than being informative. If anything, someone stating their reservations should make you feel more comfortable, because it gives you a better lens to view their statements through and judge what parts you trust more or less.

Personally, what makes me discount a source as unreliable is when they don't state clearly what their problems are but instead make it known through vague insinuations or by a litany of tangential complaints. When someone says "I'm uncomfortable with X" I respect their candor, regardless of how I feel about X.

[fc417fc802]

Someone stating their reservations when those are directly relevant to the subject at hand, sure. If they aren't directly relevant to the subject under discussion but are directly related to a negative impact on the person while they were performing the relevant work then I get that as well.

But someone who isn't mature enough to separate their irrelevant personal views from the task at hand when communicating with an audience, not so much. It calls into question their ability to be objective.

Note that I apply this equally, even to those who interject pet topics that I strongly support.

[butter999]

Granted. However, the quote at issue doesn't come out of left field. It is natural to consider the internal politics of an open source project when writing a wide ranging, in depth critique of the project. Plenty of projects don't have a CoC, it is idiosyncratic to be "proud" not to have one, and that does reflect on the project (I leave it to you to decide if it's for better or worse).