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I love it when people contribute instead of just opening issues I understand the sentiment, but please keep in mind that the set of people who use a piece of s
by tnorthcutt 12y ago
I love it when people contribute instead of just opening issues
I understand the sentiment, but please keep in mind that the set of people who use a piece of software and are able to file a useful issue does not always (or probably never does) overlap completely with the set of people who are able to contribute code to a project.
Well thought out issues can be valuable to an OSS project, and should IMO be thought of as a form of contributing. Same with documention.
- jghn 12y agoSure, but that doesn't mean the GP has time to deal with those properly. I maintain a fairly small time open source package, and generally the users aren't super savvy in terms of coding, I understand that. It's an R package, and most of my questions I receive are really basic R questions, not about my software. C'est la vie. But while I understand that doesn't mean I have time to deal with it much anymore. Responses tend to come in large batches once every couple of months just because that's when I'll finally get a chance to devote a decent block of time to the thing. OTOH if I get a non-horrible PR I handle it relatively quickly. To your point, a well thought out issue is appreciated by me, but it's just not going to get handle anywhere near as fast as a PR - that's not a judgement on the submitter, just a reality of free time
- sanderjd 12y agoI totally agree with this. I would hate to think there are a bunch of issues with something I've made lurking out there but unreported because the people who discovered them didn't have the time or ability to fix them and felt bad about just filing an issue.