Re:Terraform is currently not reviewing community pull requests
by makeitdouble on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:05PM
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TBF, even if your PR solves an actual issue a number of users have, it still might not be a good fit for the project's future, and starting a discussion about it might not be worth anyone's time.
More importantly, as you disclosed your solution, other affected by the issue can rely on your code in the meantime (= the rest of the project's life in some cases. I've been there). If it really is a critical issue that isn't solved, your fix can always be used in a different fork with better maintenance.
All in all, the upstream repo not responding to a PR isn't the end of the world I think, and the openness of the system makes it an acceptable state in many ways IMHO.
More importantly, as you disclosed your solution, other affected by the issue can rely on your code in the meantime (= the rest of the project's life in some cases. I've been there). If it really is a critical issue that isn't solved, your fix can always be used in a different fork with better maintenance.
All in all, the upstream repo not responding to a PR isn't the end of the world I think, and the openness of the system makes it an acceptable state in many ways IMHO.