You can do this for your projects, but I don’t care if someone does this.
I’m grateful just to see the code and choose to use it, or not. If I think some random volunteer should do something, I’ll attach that suggestion with some money or a contract or at least a beer.
What I love about open source is that it’s a big place that has lots different people. It’s beautiful because someone can write code and never talk to anyone and their code is still good and useful.
Maybe a better, more truthful statement is “OSS maintainers will have better engagement with the community if they proactively manage expectations.” And if the maintainer cares about that, it will apply. But I think there are quite a few projects that don’t really care much about community.
I’m grateful just to see the code and choose to use it, or not. If I think some random volunteer should do something, I’ll attach that suggestion with some money or a contract or at least a beer.
What I love about open source is that it’s a big place that has lots different people. It’s beautiful because someone can write code and never talk to anyone and their code is still good and useful.
Maybe a better, more truthful statement is “OSS maintainers will have better engagement with the community if they proactively manage expectations.” And if the maintainer cares about that, it will apply. But I think there are quite a few projects that don’t really care much about community.