Make a private repo. Making it public, with a readme and ready to be consumed (via npm or the like) implies that you are sharing this with the public. You shoul

Make a private repo. Making it public, with a readme and ready to be consumed (via npm or the like) implies that you are sharing this with the public. You shouldn't prevent discussion in those cases imo especially if it doesn't require any effort from you to make and keep the issues page available