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Open or closed source, sometimes the maintainers or engineers will go with different approaches or fixes. I don't think we have an agreed upon standard of than
by firtoz 3y ago
Open or closed source, sometimes the maintainers or engineers will go with different approaches or fixes.
I don't think we have an agreed upon standard of thanking or crediting contributors, everyone does it in their own way.
A lot of work is thankless, though. And sometimes people get angry for something you change, even if it's an improvement for most others.
Sometimes people are thankful, but mostly silently.
Stoicism may be useful.
- politelemon 3y ago> Open or closed source, sometimes the maintainers or engineers will go with different approaches or fixes. I think you're highlighting a really important point. A maintainer who has a wider view of a system will more often than not know what a good, consistent fix should look like for that system. It may not be the approach that someone with a laser-like focus on a single, specific problem may have. In some cases it might even be that a fix for a particular issue is not desirable due to other effects it has, and that's OK. That said, a little understanding from both sides would go a long way: the person who did the initial work, in knowing that the maintainers have been at it for longer, and the maintainer for thanking the person for bringing it to their attention and pushing towards a resolution.