Re:Turning Off GitHub Issues (2016)
by rjmill on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:49AM
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>doesn't care about the product
Not everything has to be a "product." Sometimes developers toss their projects up on Github just to get it out there. They don't necessarily want to make it a "product." There are plenty of valid reasons to open source something besides just, "I want a bunch of people to use my product so I can become famous."
Word choice aside, I don't think the author is trying to say, "send patches or stfu." I read it as the author pointing out the shortcomings of standard "issues", and exploring alternatives that might encourage closer collaboration.
Not everything has to be a "product." Sometimes developers toss their projects up on Github just to get it out there. They don't necessarily want to make it a "product." There are plenty of valid reasons to open source something besides just, "I want a bunch of people to use my product so I can become famous."
Word choice aside, I don't think the author is trying to say, "send patches or stfu." I read it as the author pointing out the shortcomings of standard "issues", and exploring alternatives that might encourage closer collaboration.