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@0leil @jwildeboer after running a largeish project for a decade now I am immediately skeptical of anyone saying, "you won't get contributions from me unless you change something".
In practice this has always landed somewhere between "when pigs fly" and "don't threaten me with a good time".
@kevingranade @jwildeboer The issue is that most FOSS projects are underfunded, understaffed, overworked or its devs/maintainers on the brink of burn out or - most likely - all at the same time. Having more contributors and especially retaining them is crucial, so it's not always easy to say "please, more contributors" and then shun people away with "yes but not by changing our contributor workflow". If we keep hearing from different people we lost potential contributions because the contribution workflow was unacceptable to them, we have to decide whether the loss of their theoretical contribution was worth it. I don't have the answer.
@kevingranade @jwildeboer The issue is that most FOSS projects are underfunded, understaffed, overworked or its devs/maintainers on the brink of burn out or - most likely - all at the same time. Having more contributors and especially retaining them is crucial, so it's not always easy to say "please, more contributors" and then shun people away with "yes but not by changing our contributor workflow". If we keep hearing from different people we lost potential contributions because the contribution...