xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects

Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by jasoneckert on Sunday March 31, 2024 @09:29AM (#39884058)

I'm always surprised at how much developers and maintainers will willingly put up with. For example, if you visit the Matrix feed for the Asahi Linux project, you'll see hoards of trolls and time-wasters that are regularly engaged by Asahi team members who are giving them the benefit of the doubt, when they really should be removing those posts without comment or acknowledgement.

I believe this masochistic behaviour stems from a combination of both general optimism and dedication to a particular cause. The more that developers are passionate about what they are doing, the more they are willing to engage with the peanut gallery.

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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by kabes on Sunday March 31, 2024 @12:11PM (#39885483)

I recently discovered a bug in the react-hooks-form library.

The author there does the absolute minimum of interaction.

Issues not following exactly the template or lack a repro gets closed immediately without any comment, actual bugs also see very limited comment or openness to discussion.

It felt a bit weird at first, but I do get the author and the library is succesful, maybe exactly because of this approach.

It made me reconsider some of the effort I spend in my open source projects with useless issues / comments.

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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by eternityforest on Sunday March 31, 2024 @05:47PM (#39888358)

For me it's easy to get very excited about any attention or interest at all as meaning "This project is finally worth something and all this effort wasn't wasted!" and start thinking "the customer is always right!"

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