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I only have a couple of hours per week to work on side projects. I'm shy to "release" anything, because there is no way I could support it. If someone else ha
by axusgrad 14y ago
I only have a couple of hours per week to work on side projects. I'm shy to "release" anything, because there is no way I could support it. If someone else had the time to contribute improvements, I'd rather they fork it and use for their needs instead of waiting on me to integrate things. Most people would rather make their own than takeover someone else's small project, right?
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoNo, release it. It's true that some people would rather write their own thing from scratch but you'll be surprised, many are not shy about forking. The worst thing that can happen is your project is ignored, so please release.
- vidarh 14y agoI'd add release, and add a notice that you can't provide support, but are happy for people to fork it. If it's hosted a place like github, there's then an easy way for people to track down those forks if needed. The problem isn't really unsupported code, but when it is hard to decide if the code is unsupported or not. If you know, you can make an educated decision about the cost of using the code anyway.