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I started an open source pet project that I thought would take me a few weekends. After a few years, I finally feel like it's "finished". The problem is that I

I started an open source pet project that I thought would take me a few weekends. After a few years, I finally feel like it's "finished". The problem is that I keep having people posting issues on the github project, asking for features that are outside the scope of what I want to do with it. I don't really know a diplomatic way to say no, so I usually just ignore the requests, which itself isn't very polite.

haswell 5y ago
Just my personal take, but be clear about what you don’t intend to “fix” or incorporate. Say it’s not aligned with the project goals and it’s not on the roadmap. This will help folks evaluating the project better assess how well it fits, and leaves behind a potential feature set for a new project (or fork). In the long run, not communicating might be worse than a disappointing but clear answer.