Why a Software Maintainer is Rejecting External Pull Requests
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speckx
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Summary
The article is a personal reflection from a software maintainer explaining why they are rejecting pull requests (PRs) from external contributors. The author expresses frustration with the current collaboration model, citing security concerns about unknown contributors potentially introducing malicious code, differences in coding preferences and styles, and the inefficiency of reviewing external contributions versus implementing changes themselves. The piece discusses the challenges of open-source maintenance and the personal costs of managing community contributions.
Key quotes
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Since I don't really know you, I always have to assume that you might be trying to sneak in something malicious along with your changes, which makes reviewing and merging them riskier than implementing them myself.
On top of that, there are a lot of personal and subjective aspects to code. You might have certain preferences about formatting, style, structure...
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