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There's far more consumers than producers of open source, so that probably reflects the opinions in here defending the person asking if a project is dead. Havi
by Grimburger 3y ago
There's far more consumers than producers of open source, so that probably reflects the opinions in here defending the person asking if a project is dead.
Having dealt with a fair share of this along with bizarre interactions over PR's that leave me stressed out, my question to them would be: if the author simply said "no it's not dead", would you accept that as a closed issue?
Or are they expected to actually make some commits in response?
- jpc0 3y ago"No it's not dead. If you find a bug, security issue or dependency issue I will attempt a fix or accept a PR." That is a closed issue. Maybe as other's have said put that in the readme but that's up to you, it might just prevent the same issue popping up in 5 months.
- Grimburger 3y agoFair call. My reasoning behind such a blunt "no" was that the question itself was short and blunt Perhaps the person could have said: > Hi, we at ACME Corp are planning to use this library but are not entirely sure about the current state of it, can you confirm it's still maintained? It would make my boss very happy, also thanks for your work, appreciate it :) And the response might be different?
- jpc0 3y agoFor native English speakers or western audiences being blunt seems rude, to some wasting people's time with fluff would seem rude or even might be be the best they can do. Both sides can definitely introspect but I'm not on OP side on that one. Assume incompetence not malice etc