Comment by josephg
4 days ago
> telling maintainers how to act will not fix anything.
I'm just saying its ok to ignore overly enthusiastic contributors and tell them to just fork your project.
I think this does help, actually. In my early days of maintaining opensource software I felt burdened by open PRs - like I was letting someone down by ignoring their work. "Its ok, let them do whatever in their own fork" is advice I wish someone had given me.
I propose the phrasing "fork off".
A maintainer recently told me to “Fork baby, fork!” in response to a large patch set.
I was delighted.