On 9/30/21, Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-u...@dow.land> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 08:46:35PM -0400, Celejar wrote: >>Do you really mean that in the open source world, there is - and should >>be - no expectation that a contributor who supplies a patch to a >>prominent public project that is rejected should receive at least some >>sort of explanation for the decision to reject it? I respect your >>opinion, but I would have assumed that basic courtesy and civility, and >>the open source ethos in general, suggest otherwise. > > Of course it would be polite to offer a response and I think most > maintainers in most circumstances would do so. But volunteer time > is limited and one can't demand a volunteer spend their time on > anything.
In fact, annoying volunteers tends to reduce their voluntarism...
