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How to be a Good
Open Source Citizen
@nayafia for Devmonth

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@nayafia

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RubyGems.org

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@nayafia
Hi everyone, a full post-mortem is coming, but here's what happened from my perspective.
I got mentioned on twitter about this thread while I was on the bus. I asked @evanphx
to put the site into maintenance mode immediately.
Just a general PSA, please, if you find an issue like this, be nice. Tell the maintainers
privately. Don't post to Reddit, HN, or a public Gist. RubyGems.org is completely
volunteer run. No one gets paid to work on it. Thanks for your patience everyone.
-- @qrush (HN)

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@nayafia
Nick. I don’t support today's PoC, I don't, really. But I told you. Twice in a week.
I feel deeply sad now.
--blambeau (HN)
Yes, and thanks for telling us. Really, we should have disabled gem pushes immediately.
Hindsight is 20/20, and I'm not sure why I didn't think of doing so earlier. The pain of not
being able to push gems would have forced us to fix it.
I'm sorry about this. I don't know what else to say. I wish we didn't have to deal with this
kind of problem in the Ruby community.
--qrush (HN)

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RubyGems.org

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Ruby Together http://rubytogether.org

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@nayafia
Ruby Together http://rubytogether.org
(you should totally sponsor!)

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@nayafia
You do not code in
a black box

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@nayafia
How to be a good
citizen?

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@nayafia
As a user

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@nayafia
Say thank you <3

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@nayafia
Don’t complain
needlessly in public

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@nayafia
Open an issue or fix it
yourself, if you’re able

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@nayafia
Use appropriate channels
to log issues

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@nayafia
We want to avoid this
outcome

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As a contributor

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@nayafia
“Every person who...comment[s] on an issue or submit[s]
code is a member of a project’s community. Just being
able to see them means that they have crossed the line
from being a user to being a contributor.”
Node.js contributor definition

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@nayafia
(psst- how do I find
projects to contribute
to?)

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@nayafia
Start with projects you
use

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@nayafia
Find nice people and
communities :>

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@nayafia
Look for issues tagged
for first timers

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Assume you don’t know
anything

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@nayafia
Read the docs before
you ask for things

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Baby steps are ok

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Make contributions as clear
and simple as possible

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Don’t contact maintainers
privately(unless security-related or they ask)

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As a maintainer

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@nayafia
Make sure your project
has these three things:

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LICENSE.MD

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Pick a license
http://choosealicense.com

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README.MD

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CONTRIBUTING.MD

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It’s not all about you

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Optimize for a good first
experience

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Make it easy for others to
participate

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Call out bad behavior

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Questions?