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> Should the barrier of entry be someone who knows how to code? or should the barrier of entry be someone who is motivated to help with open-source software. T
by x-complexity 5mo ago
> Should the barrier of entry be someone who knows how to code? or should the barrier of entry be someone who is motivated to help with open-source software.
The motivation to help the OSS project should also come with the obligation to learn how the software operates, at least on a conceptual level. The desire to help does not grant people the pass to sledgehammer their way into adding in a feature.
- bonesss 5mo agoIf someone can’t write their own Agent.md for a project how are they going to validate the auto-completed text? This strikes me as the ideal LLM first contribution/PR, a file explaining the projects standards and testing and structure.
- x-complexity 5mo ago> If someone can’t write their own Agent.md for a project how are they going to validate the auto-completed text? > This strikes me as the ideal LLM first contribution/PR, a file explaining the projects standards and testing and structure. Why should the project maintainers write such a file, when the info already exists within the README? It is duplicated work at best, and a definitive sign of the incapabilities of the agent to properly parse the project's contribution guidelines. https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/blob/master/README.md#contributing https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/blob/master/README.md#contrib... https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/wiki/Coding-Style https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/wiki/Coding-Style https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/wiki/Developer-Information https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/wiki/Developer-Information
- scottsiu 5mo ago[flagged]