> spend my valuable developer time (this is my free time)...

Lesson for us all is that if we do not own the thing/project/etc, things can suddenly change without our decision, and all time we put into it might become a waste-of-effort retroactively

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jewel an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Debian is a special case (probably even among open source projects) because it has a well-developed system of governance:

https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution

It sounds like in this case someone is not following an agreed-upon policy. And of course, even with governance like this one, the rest of the maintainers can move in a direction you don't agree with.

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lukeify 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hate to say it but this is one of the primary reasons I can never get interested in contributing to open source.

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throw-qqqqq 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Doesn’t this also apply to closed source software, but with the extra downsides that you can’t fork it etc.?

I contribute to open source software because it improves stuff I use and/or care about.

It seems too pessimistic, IMO, to abstain because things could potentially change to the worse, sometime in the future.

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sampullman 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, I think they're pretty much saying they don't want to contribute to projects they don't own.

	▲	throw-qqqqq 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		To be fair, it is often a thankless job to contribute, especially if the project is popular (and thus get lots of low-quality PRs). Patience and persistence helps, but it can be daunting IMO

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poszlem 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Contributing to closed source usually involves getting paid for your work.

	▲	throw-qqqqq an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, I see that point. I replied as I did, because lukeify implied that lack of ownership is > one of the primary reasons I can never get interested in contributing to open source