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Getting your projects transferred away because you can't (or choose not to) answer emails for a period of time is hostile. The expectation that you must always
by always_good 8y ago
Getting your projects transferred away because you can't (or choose not to) answer emails for a period of time is hostile.
The expectation that you must always be reachable is toxic and one of the reasons I burned out of checking my email more than a couple times per month.
- icebraining 8y agoThen you shouldn't use GH: https://help.github.com/articles/name-squatting-policy/ https://help.github.com/articles/name-squatting-policy/
- jharger 8y agoHow is that related? You can easily be active on a GitHub account and still check your email infrequently.
- icebraining 8y agoFair enough, though always_good is replying to a situation where the user is neither.
- always_good 8y agoBut that's a policy on name-squatting. Something that doesn't apply here. The creator isn't squatting on the name they created and I would be surprised if Github would commute the name at their discretion unless considerable time passed, something I don't necessarily have a problem with on a long enough time scale. Though there there's a point on that time scale where I'd expect the new owners to just consider a new name.
- thephilsproject 8y ago> Inactive accounts may be renamed or removed by GitHub staff at their discretion. 1. Github rename Void Linux to Void2 Linux as per above policy. 2. Register Void Linux to existing team. 3. Fork Void2 Linux as Void Linux. Problem solved.