how to be a good open source citizen (devmonth talk)
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How to be a Good Open Source
Citizen@nayafia for Devmonth
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RubyGems.org
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Hi everyone, a full post-mortem is coming, but here's what happened from my perspective. I got mentioned on twitter about this thread while I was on the bus. I asked @evanphx
to put the site into maintenance mode immediately.
Just a general PSA, please, if you find an issue like this, be nice. Tell the maintainers privately. Don't post to Reddit, HN, or a public Gist. RubyGems.org is completely
volunteer run. No one gets paid to work on it. Thanks for your patience everyone.
-- @qrush (HN)
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Nick. I don’t support today's PoC, I don't, really. But I told you. Twice in a week. I feel deeply sad now.
--blambeau (HN)
Yes, and thanks for telling us. Really, we should have disabled gem pushes immediately. Hindsight is 20/20, and I'm not sure why I didn't think of doing so earlier. The pain of not being
able to push gems would have forced us to fix it.
I'm sorry about this. I don't know what else to say. I wish we didn't have to deal with this kind of problem in the Ruby community.
--qrush (HN)
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RubyGems.org
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Ruby Together http://rubytogether.org
(you should totally sponsor!)
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You do not code in a black box
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How to be a good citizen?
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As a user
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Say thank you <3
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Don’t complain needlessly in public
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Open an issue or fix it yourself, if you’re able
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Use appropriate channels to log issues
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We want to avoid this outcome
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As a contributor
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“Every person who...comment[s] on an issue or submit[s] code is a member of a project’s community. Just being able to see them means that they have crossed the line
from being a user to being a contributor.”
Node.js contributor definition
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(psst- how do I find projects to contribute
to?)
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Start with projects you use
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Find nice people and communities :>
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Look for issues tagged for first
timers
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Assume you don’t know anything
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Read the docs before you ask for things
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Baby steps are ok
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Make contributions as clear and simple as
possible
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Don’t contact maintainers privately (unless security-related or they ask)
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As a maintainer
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Make sure your project has these
three things:
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LICENSE.MD
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Pick a license
http://choosealicense.com
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README.MD
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CONTRIBUTING.MD
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It’s not all about you
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Optimize for a good first experience
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Make it easy for others to participate
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Call out bad behavior
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Questions?