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This is so true. Open source is something I do on my spare time, if I have spare time available. And it often is absurd how some people seem to demand quick res
by Derbasti 10y ago
This is so true. Open source is something I do on my spare time, if I have spare time available. And it often is absurd how some people seem to demand quick response times and prompt bug fixes from open source projects.
I have burnt out of one high-volume OSS project (and co-maintainer) before, and it wasn't pretty. Not for the project, not for my well-being, and not for my co-maintainer. Since then, I have been very careful about OSS commitments. I still do a lot of OSS stuff, but I don't promise any time scales any longer. That way leads to stress and problems.
- pryelluw 10y agoI wrote about how I manage it here: https://dev.to/yelluw/10-things-i-do-to-keep-open-source-projects-healthy-and-stress-free https://dev.to/yelluw/10-things-i-do-to-keep-open-source-pro... Seems we are following similar paths. :)