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That first screenshot is an incredibly polite comment from someone also willing to offer help to the maintainer. In my opinion, it's perfectly reasonable to as
by amanzi 3y ago
That first screenshot is an incredibly polite comment from someone also willing to offer help to the maintainer.
In my opinion, it's perfectly reasonable to ask if a project is still being maintained. I often come across packages that have had no updates in a year, and it's hard to know if that's because they aren't being maintained, or if they are being maintained and no updates have been required.
I hear the argument from some open-source maintainers that they have no obligations to the people who use (and depend on) their software. But there are lots of open-source developers that actually want people to use (and to depend) on their software. Being an open-source developer of a widely-used application or package can bring great benefits to the developer - at the very least it garners them respect from the community and potentially from future employers, and in some cases it can lead to huge financial rewards: acquisitions, great career prospects, paid trips around the world to speak at conferences, etc.
It's definitely more of a two-way street than some developers would lead you to believe.
- Grimburger 3y ago>first screenshot is an incredibly polite comment >"What's your time commitment?"
- jstarfish 3y agoQuoting people out of context? Tsk, tsk. I thought we were all adults. Why didn't you post the whole comment? > I really like the philosophy and design of this package but it appears its development process has basically stopped. I don't mean to pressure or to be rude but if @minimaxir could share his thoughts on this I would really appreciate it. > Can we expect development by the maintainer? > How can the community support? > Are you open to PRs and reviewing them? > What's your time commitment? > Should someone just fork the repo and develop it from there? > Thanks
- florbo 3y agoThat's very polite, with the added bonus of being clear and concise. Not sure why the author took issue with it.
- jstarfish 3y agoStay stressed long enough and paranoia starts clouding your judgment. He seems burned out over trying to keep up with the fast pace of AI development (which is understandable). He's clearly putting inhuman amounts of effort into whatever he's doing and it's wrecking him, so I'm guessing he's perceiving questions about his project's longevity because he hasn't addressed issues from six months ago as seeing vultures circling in anticipation of his imminent demise. He's giving it his all and he's being presumed dead after six months...what more can he give? That's all totally ok and understandable, and I hope he takes some time off to relax in the next few weeks. But I also wish that he would take this article down. He's externalized his own internal struggle as authoritative-sounding advice proscribed to the community at large, based on his own misguided perceptions of perfectly-acceptable discourse. It's Toxic-with-a-capital-T.