Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020
by hombre_fatal on Friday October 02, 2020 @01:09AM
(#24659086)
Have you not seen the PR spam examples people are reacting to in TFA? You can't pick an {avatar, username, nationality, gender} combo that's going to get this diff accepted into React:
- # React
+ # React an amazing project
That’s not what’s happening here. Have you actually looked at the examples of the PRs linked? They’re not fixing minor typos, they’re introducing nonsensical copy pasted changes. These are not low effort commits that you could argue don’t hurt the project — these are quite literally spam.
Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020
by imtringued on Friday October 02, 2020 @04:45AM
(#24660500)
Take a look at these: https://github.com/grails/grails-static-website/pulls?q=is%3...
If you want to know how maintainers feel then read all of them.
Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020
by imheretolearn on Friday October 02, 2020 @01:18AM
(#24659143)
>> It totally is. Make a profile with a Western-sounding, preferably female name, and submit a similar typo-fix PR. I can guarantee you that it will be accepted, or at the very least, not featured on a Twitter account called "Shitoberfest".
I have made a genuine typo fixing PR and it was accepted by the repo. And yes, I don't belong to the group you refer to in your comment. I don't know what's happened with you or why you feel that way. It would be better to support your point with an example or an incident.
Re:One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020
by ohyeshedid on Friday October 02, 2020 @01:25AM
(#24659188)
>...not featured on a Twitter account called "Shitoberfest".
Do it 20k+ times and it very well may be. You appear uninformed about what is actually happening.
It totally is. Make a profile with a Western-sounding, preferably female name, and submit a similar typo-fix PR. I can guarantee you that it will be accepted, or at the very least, not featured on a Twitter account called "Shitoberfest".
Minor typo fixes and such have been an established way to make a first bite-sized contribution to OSS projects. What changed this year that people are suddenly yelling at the top of their voices about the 30 (yes, thirty!) emails that they got this week?