Re:Open Source is not dead: On the recent demise of RethinkDB
by Zyst on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:28AM
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> Personally, the reason why I don't contribute but consume from many projects is that I produce other stuff.
Doesn't that mean you do produce more than you consume, just in different directions?
>I once submitted an issue on Github and the response was basically "where is your pull request".
As a clear up from someone who has seen this kind of thing in Github often. Most of the time it's not meant as a "will not fix", usually I see maintainers use it as a "You are welcome to give it a shot if you want!". Some people need that express permission to put in the time to actually do it.
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As for the rest of your post it went way over my head, caffeine hasn't quite kicked in yet.
Doesn't that mean you do produce more than you consume, just in different directions?
>I once submitted an issue on Github and the response was basically "where is your pull request".
As a clear up from someone who has seen this kind of thing in Github often. Most of the time it's not meant as a "will not fix", usually I see maintainers use it as a "You are welcome to give it a shot if you want!". Some people need that express permission to put in the time to actually do it.
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As for the rest of your post it went way over my head, caffeine hasn't quite kicked in yet.