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"Yeah I agree with this. You can only do want you can do and what you want to do" "If you're the only person that can review/fix/maintain something then you're
by lukan 3y ago
"Yeah I agree with this. You can only do want you can do and what you want to do"
"If you're the only person that can review/fix/maintain something then you're part of the problem, not the solution and you might need to hand over to a wider audience or flat out remove yourself as a maintainer."
How do those 2 parts go together?
Because the first part is correct, I don't need to do anything. But if I open source something, meaning making a gift to the world, I totally can choose to maintain with as little effort as I want to. I also don't have to provide a forum - that is a project in itself and comes with legal liabilities.
- smcleod 3y agoIf you’re the only person - and it’s just one of your projects - it doesn’t matter. It’s just a problem if you one person in a group of maintainers of shared code. Usually a forum comes with your VCS tooling (GitHub / GitLab etc…) for free.
- lukan 3y agoIt is also a problem, if people use my code for their stuff - and run into problems, that I for whatever reasons won't fix in time. But not my problem. Unless I make it mine.