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What 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
by hirsin 2y ago
What 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 2y 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 2y agoAccounts aren't always faceless. They can have real names, long histories and connections to other profiles.