Contribute on Open Source Friday

https://github.com/blog/2386-contribute-on-open-source-friday

by joeyespo • 9 years ago

77 10 9 years ago

cdubzzz2• 9 years ago

The linked "Up For Grabs" concept[0] is pretty cool. I was looking for something like this back when I was starting out in Python.

[0] http://up-for-grabs.net/

MaxLeiter• 9 years ago

Anecdotal, but we use it at TheLounge[0] and it hasn't seen much use. I'm curious as to how many people actually use/check it.

[0] https://github.com/thelounge/lounge/labels/up%20for%20grabs

cdubzzz2• 9 years ago

Yeah. I was looking about a year ago and it appears that this project was operational then. Pretty sure I never came across it. Maybe this initiative will make it more discoverable...

Edit - And it creates a bit of a conundrum for a project like the one you cite, too (was just looking at your link). You want to support new developers, but you end up with a relatively long list of supposedly easy to attempt issues that no one takes.

antongribok• 9 years ago

Perhaps this is pedantic, but I feel compelled to comment hoping someone from Github sees this...

"we've encouraged GitHub employees to take time at least every fourth Friday to work on open source"

I think this is meant to read "last Friday of the month", not "every fourth Friday", seeing as this is being promoted today.

devmunchies• 9 years ago

It looks like there are 4 months this year with 5 Fridays in the month. I don't think its pedantic. That messaging could confuse the hell out of somebody.

jachee• 9 years ago

In fact, this Friday is the fifth Friday of June.

carussell• 9 years ago

In the part you quote is describing a practice that was historically in place at GitHub, not the goals of this program. The new program is about contributing to open source once a week:

contribute a few hours contributing to open source every Friday
Alternative name: 52 pull requests

BinaryIdiot• 9 years ago

I think this is meant to read "last Friday of the month", not "every fourth Friday", seeing as this is being promoted today.

I don't think it's necessary for them to announce a change in their practice on a specific day. They're moving from every 4th Friday to every Friday for open source.

doublerebel• 9 years ago

Totally into this! I've been wanting to start open-source Fridays to coordinate open-source contributions from multiple companies, but haven't had the staff to make it realistic yet. I have held the org github.com/opensourcefridays which may be redundant but I can offer it for non-githubbers if that helps!

I've always felt '20% time' is like 'unlimited vacation', there should be a mandatory minimum to make it truly effective.

gregonicus• 9 years ago

I think the BEIPA is a great idea and could be extended with a company rating system to help devs make job decisions. It would also help shame companies into doing the right thing. There are many Trolls out there.

-Patron - active financial sponsor of oss and allows work and off hours contributions

-Benefactor - allows work time and off hours contributions

-Friend - allows off hours contributions

-Troll - does not allow any contributions

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