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Judging by the Jia Tan situation, I think maintainers should judge contributors as well. It’s the maintainer’s job to be defensive of their projects and preven
by dartos 3y ago
Judging by the Jia Tan situation, I think maintainers should judge contributors as well.
It’s the maintainer’s job to be defensive of their projects and prevent them from being abused. It’s not necessarily their job to build and foster a community.
- hirsin 3y agoWhat does it mean to judge a contributor? They're a faceless account, maybe a dog on the internet. Isn't the contribution the defining piece of work? Maybe for growing your maintainer collection, with privileged access, but not contributions?
- dartos 3y ago> What does it mean to judge a contributor? It means whatever the maintainer wants it to mean. We’re all humans. Open source isn’t a structured corporation. I think it’s perfectly fine for a maintainer’s opinions to affect the people and contributions to the project that they’re maintaining.
- keskival 3y agoAccounts aren't always faceless. They can have real names, long histories and connections to other profiles.