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In the alpha stage Also, how hard can it be to touch up on docs or some other small parts at least once a week? If you don't have the time for that maybe don't

by _xiaz 2y ago

In the alpha stage Also, how hard can it be to touch up on docs or some other small parts at least once a week? If you don't have the time for that maybe don't start a new project?

Carrok 2y ago
Maybe they’re moving. Maybe they’re on vacation. Maybe they’re getting married or divorced. Maybe a family member just died. You want weekly doc updates? It’s open source my friend, make a PR or shut the hell up. Thanks for making my point for me. This is an absurd standard. “Don’t start a project uness you can commit to weekly updates for perpetuity.”
- aniviacat 2y ago
  No need to be rude. If someone creates a website for a project they are obviously trying to present it to potential users. That is at odds with not working on making the project actually usable. But as a different comment suggested, the project does still seem to be worked on, so I remain hopeful we might one day see a user friendly NixOS derivative mature.
  - Carrok 2y ago
    I was joking. However, as an open source maintainer myself I have had many people actually be rude to me for not doing X fast or often enough. No one owes you anything. Even if they committed the sin of making a website for the project.
    - _xiaz 2y ago
      I maintain at least one reasonably large open source project myself and pride myself on our turnaround time. Our users/contributors don't need to wait weeks, months or even years until their issue is categorized, addressed and resolved. Of course part of this is staffing and domain dependent, but I do believe that marginal updates to a project (< once per week) is worse than quitting
      - Carrok 2y ago
        Good for you. I have a life, and will never hold myself to such a standard. It's a side project I decided to give away for free. People can wait as long as it takes.

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In the alpha stage Also, how hard can it be to touch up on docs or some other small parts at least once a week? If you don't have the time for that maybe don't

by _xiaz 2y ago

In the alpha stage Also, how hard can it be to touch up on docs or some other small parts at least once a week? If you don't have the time for that maybe don't start a new project?

Carrok 2y ago
Maybe they’re moving. Maybe they’re on vacation. Maybe they’re getting married or divorced. Maybe a family member just died. You want weekly doc updates? It’s open source my friend, make a PR or shut the hell up. Thanks for making my point for me. This is an absurd standard. “Don’t start a project uness you can commit to weekly updates for perpetuity.”
- aniviacat 2y ago
  No need to be rude. If someone creates a website for a project they are obviously trying to present it to potential users. That is at odds with not working on making the project actually usable. But as a different comment suggested, the project does still seem to be worked on, so I remain hopeful we might one day see a user friendly NixOS derivative mature.
  - Carrok 2y ago
    I was joking. However, as an open source maintainer myself I have had many people actually be rude to me for not doing X fast or often enough. No one owes you anything. Even if they committed the sin of making a website for the project.
    - _xiaz 2y ago
      I maintain at least one reasonably large open source project myself and pride myself on our turnaround time. Our users/contributors don't need to wait weeks, months or even years until their issue is categorized, addressed and resolved. Of course part of this is staffing and domain dependent, but I do believe that marginal updates to a project (< once per week) is worse than quitting
      - Carrok 2y ago
        Good for you. I have a life, and will never hold myself to such a standard. It's a side project I decided to give away for free. People can wait as long as it takes.