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Thank You devs. (self.opensource)

submitted 1 year ago by ElPussyKangaroo to c/[email protected]

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We are currently in an age where a large portion of open source apps are actively maintained, users understand more about open source than ever before and open source software is almost as good, if not better, than their proprietary counterparts.

This is just a huge thank you to anyone and everyone involved in the making and maintaining of open source software.

As a regular tester, I do my best to provide any feedback I can to make your vision come to fruition.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

As an open-source developer and maintainer (and as someone about to open-source another project) and tester too, you're welcome :)

I enjoy writing and maintaining open-source, it's fun for others to be able to download and play around with the sources.

[–] Spiritreader 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Being a maintainer / project owner is not always fun, but it's rewarding in a sense that you're able to offer something useful to others.

I don't like providing free support via github issues. And that's usually what happens, you don't get many developers that put care into bug reports. Instead it's mostly users that don't really understand, sometimes entitled, sometimes really nice but completely wrong.

However I really appreciate those that do care or at least follow the template and make an effort.

I see issues as a form of a necessity to help the software improve, but I've chosen to no longer pay too much attention to it because it's just draining.

Support is draining, and I respect everyone who does it, those who provide support for free even moreso.

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