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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
discussing OSS I objectively know that ignoring your community when you maintain a big popular library is an ass move

but at the same time I always have this feeling that it's such a "compulsory" situation.

like, someone builds whatever they felt like and publishes the code so other people can also do whatever they feel like, it gets popular, and you suddenly have the responsibility to tend to everyone's wants from the thing you built.
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
discussing OSS next day we'll discuss my other thing, "yes I forked your thing and implemented some change or improvement, but I don't have enough energy to handle all the contribution red tape, if you want it just feel free to upstream it yourself"
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
discussing OSS (I'm sorry I actually try to do better and avoid this, but sometimes it's just too ​:neocat_flop:​​:neocat_sad:​)
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KFears @KFears@mstdn.games
1y
discussing OSS @kitten Yeah, it's such a tricky situation. I feel like it's also a lot about setting boundaries and expectations - I treat personal projects and community projects very differently, but I default to thinking that large projects are community projects.
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Der Schrank @der_schrank@biplus.social
1y
discussing OSS @kitten an der Stelle braucht es dann entweder einen Wechsel zu einer Organisation oder man schließt alle Issues und PRs und sagt „macht was ihr wollt, ich kann es nicht“

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Q.U.I.N.N. @icedquinn@blob.cat
1y
discussing OSS @kitten not part of the crew, just allowed along for the ride. 😉
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Eloy @eloy@hsnl.social
1y
discussing OSS @kitten communicate "this is discontinued", then people know they should fork it and you are not blamed for issues
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
discussing OSS @eloy I was just thinking of pulling something like, forking your own library, maybe change the name or whatever, and keep working just on what you feel like
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551724 v_tb v_saph (maya) @maya@catgirl.global
1y
discussing OSS @kitten this one will have the mild take of "it depends"

if its something that most of the community wants (e.g. SSO) and one is doing gatekeepery things... bleh
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