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> How practically beneficial are around the edge/minor issue contributors to projects? I have received a few such "minor" PR and they are really welcome. Even
by enriquto 5y ago
> How practically beneficial are around the edge/minor issue contributors to projects?
I have received a few such "minor" PR and they are really welcome. Even re-wordings or clarifications of the project README file. Sometimes just adding a single sentence at the beginning of the README, by a random stranger, is helpful and makes it much more clear.
You can try that. If you find in the wild a project description that is a bit confusing, send a PR with a better choice of words. The developers will likely be thankful to you and accept your pull request.
- laumars 5y agoI second this. I’ve had a few PRs in the past which have just been tweeting grammatical errors or minor reworking to make sentences flow better and they’ve been fabulous. Proof readers are a real, paid, profession. And if someone is spending their time enhancing my project by correcting any faults with the documentation then I welcome that just as much as source code submissions (and the README is often the most important document in all of your documentation).