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Entitlement will continue as the world adopts OSS further and everything is built on the shoulders of giants. People are lazy by nature and more willing to comp
by thenerdhead 4y ago
Entitlement will continue as the world adopts OSS further and everything is built on the shoulders of giants. People are lazy by nature and more willing to complain than send a PR or detailed enough issue for a maintainer to pickup.
The challenge I see is that maintainers shift their mindsets from the labor of love to be one that should be compensated accordingly. I wonder why and when that tends to happen? I have guesses, but mostly think it's a boundary issue.
The article basically nails the last point that seems overlooked on many of these projects:
> Finally, maintainers need to learn to say “no” again and again. No to new features. No to breaking changes. No to working on holiday. No to fixing issues or merging pull requests from people who are being unpleasant. No to demands that something has to be fixed right now.
There's definitely pressure from the world stage to say "Yes" to everything, but that's the trap that I think many maintainers fall into into trying appeasing the whole world and feeling fed up after they've had enough.