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It's even worse with other patterns, e.g. when the original project is suffering from some bit rot, the maintainer is unresponsive for months, independent forks
by gmueckl 5y ago
It's even worse with other patterns, e.g. when the original project is suffering from some bit rot, the maintainer is unresponsive for months, independent forks spring up to fix that rot and suddenly you get a bout of activity in the original project and then another lengthy period of silence.
- josephg 5y agoYep. I think its important for project maintainers to be clear about the maintenance status of a project. You don't have to maintain a project forever, but if its not maintained its good to be clear about that. Eg: "This project works but will not be maintained. Github issues & PRs will be ignored. If you want changes, fork the project. If your fork is being actively maintained, let me know and I'll link to your fork from this readme."
- beckingz 5y agoThis is truly frustrating, and happens in organizations as well. It is admirable when people actually make decisions.