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Re:Vouch by KawaiiCyborg on Monday February 09, 2026 @12:22PM (#46947981)
> "it's a donation to a project you care about"

But I'm already donating my time by creating a PR, it definitely would disincentivize me to make PRs if I had to also pay in addition to already doing the actual work. Just always such a shame that the good people have to suffer because of the actions of the shitty people...

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Re:Vouch by mring33621 on Monday February 09, 2026 @12:43PM (#46948267)
Nope. From the POV of the maintainer, you are creating extra, and probably unnecessary, work for them.
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Re:Vouch by KawaiiCyborg on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:43PM (#46950959)
If that's actually the opinion of the maintainer, why even accept PRs at all? At that point, just categorically deny any. I was thinking more of actual community projects that _want_ community PRs. Those seem to have welcomed my contributions in the past, but of course they were not just AI slop or other low effort PRs.
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