[franciscop]

As an author they have definitely taken more time than if I fixed the issues myself. But for me, that's not the point, the point was to help other fellow devs get started in OSS programming, kind of "light mentoring". At that, it has been wildly successful. I haven't had much free time to continue doing this in the last couple of years though.

[daffl]

Absolutely. I really enjoy helping get people involved in open source, too and help run a once-a month workshop on how to get started with open source here in Vancouver.

I'm just not sure if this is something all open source projects - many of which don't have a lot of resources available - can handle. The very large open projects that already have a lot of contributors that can put in the additional time are definitely at an advantage here.