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Maybe not everybody cares about the wasted tick, but the response to such niche feature requests in open source projects used to be a simple “patches welcome”.
by codeflo 4y ago
Maybe not everybody cares about the wasted tick, but the response to such niche feature requests in open source projects used to be a simple “patches welcome”. I found that way more helpful and less aggressive than what seems to be the new default in Github projects, “won’t fix”. I don’t understand this shift.
- zrail 4y agoMaintainers have learned that "patches welcome" is anything but simple. You need to integrate others' patches, make sure they're tested, and make sure they don't break despite probably not having anyone in the core team (which might just be you!) who uses those features.
- dormento 4y agoCounterpoint: i think "Won't fix, don't understand" may be the responsible thing to do when you, as a single maintainer, can't give everybody's new ideas a thorough check before merging. YMMV.