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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by kaishiro on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:28AM (#37675160)
If ever I was considering contributing to a FOSS project, this comment and many others like it within this thread has firmly convinced me that it’s not worth the trouble.
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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by DeepSeaTortoise on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:45AM (#37675401)
That's almost spot on.

I've just barely arrived at the conclusion that I could make a change, offering minor suggestions and changes on projects I care about and then have the read someone degrading a contribution that is still "several levels above people that work their way into OSS projects in order to gain visibility by fixing a lot of trivial issues"

And when you point this extreme ranking out as inappropriate, your comment gets vaporized.

This REALLY bloody hurts

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by throw16180339 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:06PM (#37679638)
YMMV, but here's what happened with my pull requests.

12 - accepted, sometimes additional changes were required

1 - ignored; this was a trivial change and I wouldn't have submitted it now.

1 - rejected; the maintainer didn't understand my proposed fix and closed the pull request.

1 - rejected; the maintainer disagreed with the proposed change.

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