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I only have one rule: I only contact an open source developer if I believe resolving the problem would make the product better unless I am willing to offer them
by lmilcin 5y ago
I only have one rule: I only contact an open source developer if I believe resolving the problem would make the product better unless I am willing to offer them reasonable money to do it.
- einpoklum 5y agoDoesn't (almost) every bug report/feature request meet this criterion?
- not2b 5y agoThis post is about when it is or isn't appropriate to directly contact the principal developer instead of using the established Slack or Github flows.
- qbasic_forever 5y agoThe preference of the developer doesn't feed into your decision to contact them? What if the repo readme says "this is provided as-is, I don't offer support"?
- lawn 5y agoA counterpoint: You may view this feature as making the product better, but it might not fit the vision of the owner/developer and to them it will only generate a maintenance burden and bloat.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoYou can't know that before you contact them, though.