> Community: The best things in life are to be shared
> Join us - Want to talk to others about questions? The actix gitter channel or reddit community are your best starting point.
> If you think you found a bug it's best to go to the github directly. There are two repositories that you might want to report against. actix for issues with the actor framework or actix-web for the high level web framework.
> We're a welcoming community so don't be afraid to engage. Interactions are governed by our code of conduct.
I agree with you that projects aren't required to do this. (And I also agree that developers often feel pressured to build up a community for their project.) But still - that's what they wrote.
True, they did write that. But taking into consideration the license open source and free software is usually licensed under, they are free that change those opinions at any time, and you cannot blame them for it.
If you had a contract with the project, I would understand the frustration. But since it's published on a "NO-WARRANTY" and no promises basis, the persons opinion can change at any time, and that's perfectly fine.
So maybe today I feel like, yeah, my open source project should have a community! So I publicly write that. But then 6 months later I change my mind and stop trying. This is also perfectly fine. Annoying, sure, but if you want to avoid that, start making contracts with the libraries that you include in your projects.
I'd like to live in a world where, if I tell you something, you can take my word for it and you don't demand a contract for it.
Also, those words are still on the website. If the author is no longer interested in bug reports - which is absolutely the author's right, to be clear, and does not make them a bad person - they ought to at least change the language on the website to make it clear. Otherwise the language encourages people to waste their time, which is pretty rude.
https://actix.rs/community/
> Community: The best things in life are to be shared
> Join us - Want to talk to others about questions? The actix gitter channel or reddit community are your best starting point.
> If you think you found a bug it's best to go to the github directly. There are two repositories that you might want to report against. actix for issues with the actor framework or actix-web for the high level web framework.
> We're a welcoming community so don't be afraid to engage. Interactions are governed by our code of conduct.
I agree with you that projects aren't required to do this. (And I also agree that developers often feel pressured to build up a community for their project.) But still - that's what they wrote.