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Email is a fault tolerant communication. If you aren't getting a response then... reply back. If you still aren't getting a response then the community isn't i
by qbasic_forever 4y ago
Email is a fault tolerant communication. If you aren't getting a response then... reply back. If you still aren't getting a response then the community isn't interested at the moment. This is how open source works and how a small collection of maintainers can keep their sanity and avoid burnout in the face of thousands of people demanding time and attention. No one can possibly juggle all of the requests and such like yours. Creating an issue, sending a pull request, etc. costs the maintainer time and that time is incredibly valuable.
- mort96 4y agoThe maintainers' time is valuable, yes, which is why it's good to have a system where they can get to something in their own time that doesn't rely on contributors spamming on a mailing list.
- arp242 4y agopkg-config hardly has "thousands of people demanding time and attention". It doesn't seem to require that much attention.