Re:Open-source, not open-contribution
by yawaramin on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:35PM
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If there is one constant on the internet, it's that people don't read. You can say whatever you like, there will be tons of people who brush past it and just go and send PRs anyway.
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Then let them learn their lesson. The thing is I have done stupid shit due to carelessness, but I’m not so entitled to blame it on someone else. If a potential source code contributor cannot read the contributing guidelines AT ALL that is on them, lesson learned. Really fuck em if they’re gonna stay butt hurt about it.. this should have been cleared up in kindergarten.
Re:Open-source, not open-contribution
by cutemonster on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:22PM
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Some of them might get upset at the maintainers tough, and write something a bit angry, making it less pleasant to be a maintainer
> Really fuck em if they’re gonna stay butt hurt about it.. this should have been cleared up in kindergarten.
Such an attitude from a maintainer can piss people of and make them write angry things to the maintainer, causing him/her to quit.