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From a look at the github, there is a sudden "surge" or commits, likely to prepare to present it to hackernews. But overall this github doesn't seem to be maint

From a look at the github, there is a sudden "surge" or commits, likely to prepare to present it to hackernews. But overall this github doesn't seem to be maintained and users issues are sitting there unanswered. https://github.com/susam/texme/commits/master https://github.com/susam/texme/commits/master

susam 7y ago
You are right. When I was about to share the project demo page today, I realized that it should have a link to the project README, so that visitors can read how to use this project. That's when I pushed a commit today. So while I was at it, it made sense to do a few other minor cleanups. The tool, as is, works for me and my friends. I don't intend to make any major changes to this tool except for occasional bug fixes, so the number of commits is going to be less in future. I know there are a few outstanding bugs. I have a full-time job and I am contributing to a few other open source projects too, so I don't have a lot of spare time to investigate and fix these issues right now but I may get to it later. If there are others who might want to help the project by investigating the bugs and/or fixing them, they are very welcome. For any fixes merged to the project, I will be grateful to the contributors and as a token of gratitude, I will mention their names in the README and thank them.
- n_ary 7y ago
  > If there are others who might want to help the project by investigating the bugs and/or fixing them, they are very welcome. For any fixes merged to the project, I will be grateful to the contributors and as a token of gratitude, I will mention their names in the README and thank them. Your claim doesn't match your intent really. Some of your repos have long(many months) old issues with zero interaction from you yet I see activity in commit history. For small projects like yours, there might be first-time contributors who look up to an author. If you don't interact, they'll get demotivated. If you don't want to interact, leave a comment on your README that "hey am super busy, send a PR with proper tests and may be I'll look when am free, no promises!". :) A little kindness goes a long way.
  - susam 7y ago
    Thank you for the feedback. I usually do not prefer commenting on an issue when I know I cannot add something new about the issue. At the same time, I understand your point about the need to interact. I will keep it in mind for future. I will also begin responding to the old issues in the next few days. :-)
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n_ary 7y ago
Most repos are interesting but unmaintained, it appears that author brushes up a repo before posting by commit waves and then present on HN.

susam 7y ago

You are right. When I was about to share the project demo page today, I realized that it should have a link to the project README, so that visitors can read how to use this project. That's when I pushed a commit today. So while I was at it, it made sense to do a few other minor cleanups. The tool, as is, works for me and my friends. I don't intend to make any major changes to this tool except for occasional bug fixes, so the number of commits is going to be less in future. I know there are a few outstanding bugs. I have a full-time job and I am contributing to a few other open source projects too, so I don't have a lot of spare time to investigate and fix these issues right now but I may get to it later. If there are others who might want to help the project by investigating the bugs and/or fixing them, they are very welcome. For any fixes merged to the project, I will be grateful to the contributors and as a token of gratitude, I will mention their names in the README and thank them.

n_ary 7y ago
> If there are others who might want to help the project by investigating the bugs and/or fixing them, they are very welcome. For any fixes merged to the project, I will be grateful to the contributors and as a token of gratitude, I will mention their names in the README and thank them. Your claim doesn't match your intent really. Some of your repos have long(many months) old issues with zero interaction from you yet I see activity in commit history. For small projects like yours, there might be first-time contributors who look up to an author. If you don't interact, they'll get demotivated. If you don't want to interact, leave a comment on your README that "hey am super busy, send a PR with proper tests and may be I'll look when am free, no promises!". :) A little kindness goes a long way.
- susam 7y ago
  Thank you for the feedback. I usually do not prefer commenting on an issue when I know I cannot add something new about the issue. At the same time, I understand your point about the need to interact. I will keep it in mind for future. I will also begin responding to the old issues in the next few days. :-)
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n_ary 7y ago

Most repos are interesting but unmaintained, it appears that author brushes up a repo before posting by commit waves and then present on HN.