It just becomes boring how often git breaks its command line interface recently.
"Current" case: `git merge --commit branch` doesn't create a merge commit anymore, if fast forwarding is possible.
It's getting really annoying. Stop it! Really just stop it, breaking workflows and tooling every other day just because you can.
It sucks.
It really sucks.
Git is not your tiny hobby project.
Really.
🚀 Current Session:
The Path to Maintainership
🧑🔬 Presented By: Azeez E (Ace)
Next Steps for the Caddy Project Maintainership
https://caddy.community/t/next-steps-for-the-caddy-project-maintainership/33076
#HackerNews #CaddyProject #Maintainership #NextSteps #OpenSource #CommunityDevelopment
tldr: I won’t personally see all comments/issues/PRs anymore; maintainer team is being granted tag+release privileges; community will be more involved with leadership; increase current bus factor of 1; unblock the project where I am the bottleneck; help the project scale better. Caddy is now about 11 years old, and the project has changed a lot over that time, and grown hugely popular! To shed some perspective… What it used to be like For years, my daily-ish routine involved checking my GitHu...
The graying of open source is real—but it’s not inevitable.
We can support the next generation of maintainers by shifting how we lead, teach, and invite.
My **#OSSummit** talk is now live on YouTube:
🎥 https://youtu.be/LjP0zpLLvPQ
Slides (with full speaker notes + references):
📎 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wbvrBxO4j6ssQ-rSH7su8I8XwLWAf8wpGUcIbFhMqTY/edit
**#OpenSource** **#FutureOfOSS** **#Maintainership** **#GenZ**
I always wanted to give back and become an open source contributor, but I always struggled with dedicating time to something so altruistic.
There is a difference between solving a problem for yourself and solving it properly for everyone.
Today, I began with the smallest possible entry drug: I have become maintainer of a package script in the Arch User Repository: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plasticscm-client-gui
Two, actually.
It's not much, but it feels good.
We're calling on all documentation experts to join our Mentor/Maintainership Program! 📄✍️ If you’re passionate about creating clear, engaging docs and want to help guide new contributors, this is your moment. Join us!
🚀 Apply now and start your journey: https://buff.ly/3A3nQWC
#AsyncAPI #OpenSource #DocsMatter #Mentorship #TechCommunity #Maintainership #JoinUs
New blog post: https://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/changelogs-and-release-notes/
- The distinction between detailed changelogs and brief release notes (with examples)
- Why it's worth doing both
- Why relying solely on GitHub as a project's communication platform discourages publishing and reading release notes
Spurred by @nedbat 's https://hachyderm.io/@nedbat/113152493265812268 , with references to @wiredferret @kfogel @leonardr @agateau @olivierlacan @xavdid @zwol @zulip and more.
#maintainers #opensource #FLOSS #maintainership #documentation
And: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2022/six-key-maintainer-skill-guides/ several skill guides, such as:
https://docs.oscollective.org/guides/deciding-on-how-to-use-your-money "Deciding How To Use Your Project's Money": When should you spend or save? What's on your project's roadmap, and how could you spend to support it?
Especially relevant right now as we discuss funding as one way companies can support their #opensource dependencies. I share tips for using cash effectively even when it isn't enough for full-time employment.
4/4
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2021/what-would-open-source-look-like-if-it-were-healthy-video-transcript/#healthy-oss-legacy-ending What Would Open Source Look Like If It Were Healthy? In particular: I imagine a legacy project "failing" (or, rather, ending) when a maintainer decides to step away, and lay out what tools and practices we'd need to make a soft landing and good transition for everyone involved.
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/maintainer-burnout-pycon-us-2023-followup/ Maintainer #Burnout -- covers work approaches that can help, succession/#sustainability, deprecating components/closing a project, and more.
3/n
Mathias Hasselmann
AsyncAPI Initiative
Hacker News
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Fell
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Sumana Harihareswara