Merge remote-tracking branch 'joshtriplett/responding' into main

nikomatsakis · Sep 8, 2021 · 57d1d52 · 57d1d52
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@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Somebody tweets about a terrible error message. It has a type that is 16K long a
 
 Someone opens an issue claiming a bug in Rust. In fact, the problem is that their code was relying on an implementation detail of a method in the standard library -- this is despite the fact that the documentation for the function clearly states that this detail may change.
 
-**Just right:** You thank them for higlighting this change, and point out that the problem is actually not a bug in Rust, but rather a change that is within the documentation.
+**Just right:** You thank them for higlighting this change, and point out that the problem is actually not a bug in Rust, but rather a change that is within the documentation. If appropriate, you might express sympathy for the impact of this change on them, and you consider if there *may* be a way to better advertise or guard against such impact in the future, but you close the current issue.
 
 **Too much:** You apologize profusely and revert the PR that made the change. You wind up in a long conversation with the 
 
-**Too little:** You reply curtly, "Not a bug, RTFM", and close the issue.
+**Too little:** You reply curtly, "Not a bug, RTFM", and close the issue.