Yet again, I have not once indicated anger (what?) or entitlement. Yes, I have been frustrated at unclear communication, and I do not consider the expectation of clear communication to be entitlement.
I am moving towards open sourcing some projects (already have), and I am trying to think about this myself. I have not landed on a solution I am happy with or even followed my own README advice, yet. In my experience, it is very pleasant to work in repositories that set good expectations with clear communication. But it has been frustrating to interact with a "contributions welcome" repository where issues are swatted down like flies, especially when the reporter offers to debug and even help contribute a fix. I just stop going there, and I would have preferred to just have such culture be clear upfront.
I have even started considering offering paid support for important issues to be fixed, and I am trying to take an active approach in contributing to projects I like using, so I really don't think I approach things as you imply.
Edit: Also to be clear, I am not speaking to anyone specifically. These are general sentiments.
I am moving towards open sourcing some projects (already have), and I am trying to think about this myself. I have not landed on a solution I am happy with or even followed my own README advice, yet. In my experience, it is very pleasant to work in repositories that set good expectations with clear communication. But it has been frustrating to interact with a "contributions welcome" repository where issues are swatted down like flies, especially when the reporter offers to debug and even help contribute a fix. I just stop going there, and I would have preferred to just have such culture be clear upfront.
I have even started considering offering paid support for important issues to be fixed, and I am trying to take an active approach in contributing to projects I like using, so I really don't think I approach things as you imply.
Edit: Also to be clear, I am not speaking to anyone specifically. These are general sentiments.