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Why is X not on Github is the programmer version of folk getting offended when you don't use Y social network.

Also:

Github Presence != Open Source

Open Source != requirement in asking for help/advice



Of course, but perhaps the point that most people who try and coerce others into using GH are making, is that the community would be more able and more ready to help them fix vulnerabilities quicker if they had access to the (non-sensitive parts of the) source code.

As such we can only trust that the people running the site are taking due notice and patching it correctly -- which, (I hate to say) given Project Euler's track record in the last year or so...




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