Note from 27th March 2020
I wish #GitHub had a different UX for repository deletion if this is a fork.
Especially if there is nothing useful (no open PR for example) on the repository to delete. "Unexpected bad things" will NOT happen in such case!
(sorry @etportis 😉 )
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Eric Portis
*Au contraire*, the greatest gift you can give an open source project is to obviate the need for it. -
Eric Portis
PS I realize now that you actually speak French, and I have no idea if "au contraire" means what I think it means, or has any of the same joke-y connotations, in it's native tounge merriam-webster.com/dictionary/au%… -
Nicolas Hoizey
Gift to the project, or gift to the maintainer? 😅 -
Nicolas Hoizey
I believe it means what you think it means! 👍 -
Eric Portis
The maintainer, the project's *goals*, its users, and its users' users!
What I'm trying to say is: thanks (: -
Nicolas Hoizey
You’re welcome!
In fact, I’m not sure I follow what you mean, I understand you say all open source projects aim to disappear, while most are useful and have no alternatives, or proprietary ones. -
Eric Portis
Exactly! So I feel quite lucky to have someone do what I was trying to do, but better. -
Nicolas Hoizey
Oh, now I understand what you mean, and I’m really happy you think what I did is valuable. 😊
I know it is powerful, it works for my use cases, but it still lacks proper documentation for people trying to use it.