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by MrJohz 1541 days ago
> forms [...] Vue.js

Vuetify? I spent ages putting together an issue there, only for it to be closed almost immediately because it had already been fixed in the v3 alpha branch. That's great, but I can't use the v3 alpha branch because it's still an alpha version that's missing half the features...

It's obviously always the maintainer's right to handle their project in the manner that they think works best for them. My dependence on their project is to a certain extent a burden on them, and I'm grateful to people who are willing to put time into maintaining projects that I (and moreover the company I work for) regularly use.

However, I do think the open source community works much better in terms of reciprocity. When I can create an issue and get some feedback there, there's a good chance I'll also try and fix the problem myself, because to me that seems like the responsible thing to do as someone who depends on open source code. If I have the feeling that the maintainers just don't care about my feedback, then I'm just going to be more loathe to contribute.

And specifically when it comes to Vuetify, much like yourself, I'm now in the situation where I'm looking to remove it from projects I'd previously been using it in, because when future problems come up, I think it'll be more of a maintenance burden than just solving the problem myself.

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You are mad about an issue you reported being acknowledged and closed hastily as it was already fixed and pending release…
In context, the pending release is a near-complete rewrite that has been in progress for over a year now, and shows few signs of actually being completed. If it does get released, it will likely be an enormous effort to transition from one version to the other.

Like I said, it is absolutely okay for the project maintainers to maintain their project however they like, and if they don't want to maintain two separate bug fixes, that's fair enough. My point was more about the way their communication makes me feel less comfortable and and to contribute back to the project.