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"This feature is a bit out of scope"(if applicable). "Our team, aka me, has limited time for this project, and I just don't have the bandwidth. I can answer q
by eternityforest 4y ago
"This feature is a bit out of scope"(if applicable). "Our team, aka me, has limited time for this project, and I just don't have the bandwidth. I can answer questions or possibly collaborate if you'd like to have a go at the code yourself though."
"This is a personal/internal use project made available to the community as is, and adding features outside of what I need for my own company is not a priority. You're welcome to submit a PR if you do get the feature implemented yourself though."
(If applicable) "It does seem useful so I'll leave this issue open in case someone else wants to implement it, but I don't currently have a need for it".
"If this feature is very critical, we can talk about some paid support options, but otherwise, free software is largely created by companies and individuals for their own needs, and we don't have time for every feature request"
- jrib 4y agoThere's another consequence to consider as well: even if a PR does materialize externally, do you want to sign up to maintain it in your codebase?
- mytherin 4y agoExactly. Pull requests are not a golden ticket here - they still take (a lot of) time to review and maintain. In my experience pull requests, particularly for (larger) features, can be net negative contributions. If the pull request is done poorly they can easily take more time to review, fix and maintain than it would have taken the maintainer to implement the feature in the first place.
- ohwellhere 4y agoThat also describes my day job.
- YetAnotherNick 4y agoIf not, the maintainer could say "feel free to fork it".
- ByThyGrace 4y ago> (If applicable) "It does seem useful so I'll leave this issue open in case someone else wants to implement it, but I don't currently have a need for it". Accompanied by something like a "WONTFIXMYSELF" tag?
- hugh-avherald 4y agoThis comment would invite argument ("a bit out of scope", i.e. if it were slightly modified I'd be open to it), which is what OP is trying to avoid.