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Trust me it’s not being solved by a CONTRIBUTING.md with guidelines. 90% of contributors won’t read it at all or only some parts of it and ignore the rest. Mo
by pousada 8mo ago
Trust me it’s not being solved by a CONTRIBUTING.md with guidelines.
90% of contributors won’t read it at all or only some parts of it and ignore the rest.
Most PRs you get solve some super specific individual problem and aren’t relevant for the wider community that uses your OSS.
It’s not their fault really but most contributions are so bad it doesn’t serve to spend any time on reviewing them earnestly.
(Been maintaining several popular projects for the last 7 years)
- judahmeek 8mo agoCan I get your opinion on https://github.com/Judahmeek/frogs https://github.com/Judahmeek/frogs as an open-source maintainer? Edit: https://judahmeek.com/p/we-need-frogs-to-defend-foss https://judahmeek.com/p/we-need-frogs-to-defend-foss may be the better link to start with.
- pousada 8mo agoI don’t think there is a simple “fits-all” solution. In my case there is a monetised proprietary “enterprise” edition of the projects available. Contributions only get accepted if they fit into the commercial roadmap, which is shaped by the (paying) customer needs. It’s not perfect but the OSS “community” edition is still usable and valuable to many
- judahmeek 8mo agoThanks for taking the time to reply. I agree that there's no "fits-all" solution & I think that's a good sign of the open-source ecosystem's diversity.