5

I created a pull-request on GitHub repository whose last activity is half a year ago. But I am not sure whether this patch would be reviewed by developer. I do want this patch be applied to the repository.

I thought some way to notify the patch to the developer, but I am wondering which of these is the most effective way.

  • tweet
  • GitHub comment
  • mail

Could you tell me the effective way to notify patch to developer?

1
  • I recently got a PR merged that was close to 3 years old … sometimes all it needs is a bit of time. While months or years are generally unreasonable, giving the maintainers a couple of weeks should be OK – no need to annoy them with extra notifications in addition to the original notification they got about the PR.
    – amon
    Jun 20, 2017 at 20:44

2 Answers 2

7

A @ping on the PR itself seems the most "polite" to me. Alternatively, GitHub recently introduced a reviewers feature, so adding the relative developer there may also be useful.

If neither generate any response, I'd go for a private polite email. Using a tweet seems to me like publicly declaring that someone isn't properly maintaining their open-source project. I very much doubt that would get you the response you want.

1
  • 1
    FYI You can't ask for a review on GitHub if you don't have write access to the repository.
    – Zimm i48
    Jun 21, 2017 at 11:13
5

The most effective way is usually to ping on the PR itself. Beside this, you could try a direct email.

Beside this you can maintain your own fork alright. That's the strength of FOSS after all!

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.