Hacktoberfest 2020 Report | Lessons learned as Maintainer
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as Creator
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Project ideas come from everywhere, don’t limit yourself and create a public repository even when you may be the only user.
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Don’t be perfect from the start, you can improve your project during its lifetime.
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You can choose any name for your project, sometimes a descriptive name, sometimes a play of words.
as Maintainer
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Learn to say no as Maintainer or to choose your own way to deal with a situation.
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Don’t support all releases of your project all the time, you can depreciate version series.
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Don’t be afraid to
archived
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Don’t put yourself under pressure to respond quickly as possible to issues or pull-requests submissions.
This post may be edited overtime with new lessons : Don’t stop learning