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How to be a good open-source citizen
- dozzie 12y agoAfter Chris Siebenmann's viewpoint: If you expect feedback, be it tickets or patches, make submitting it as pleasant experience as possible. Merely demanding feedback is simply being an asshole. If you want feedback, it's your fscking duty to cater for people you expect it from. After all, it's them who go out of their way here.
- nolanl 12y agoTotally agree. I could write an even-longer essay on "How to be a good open-source maintainer." Too many projects have poor documentation/tests, or they don't make it clear how to contribute. Something as simple as a CONTRIBUTING.md file can be really valuable; IRC and mailing lists are also good resources to offer.