• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The trick is to stop giving af about demands from random assholes. Using software doesn’t entitle anyone to updates. Part of the point of open source is if you want it to be different, the source code is available for you to do that.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Yup. I’ve contributed to a number of FOSS projects (including lemmy) and try to always observe the proper etiquette. That means (IMO):

      • read through the contribution guidelines and follow them to a T
      • check for feedback at least once/day
      • allow at least two days for initial feedback, and gradually back off (so bump after 2 days, bump again after another 3-4 days)
      • if there’s no feedback after a week, bring it up on another channel (IRC, Matrix, email, etc)
      • never demand anything, always ask how to help

      None of that is written down anywhere, but to me it’s common sense. If you don’t want to do that, fork the project and maintain it yourself. Maybe they’ll pull your changes in if they’re good.