sandro, 1 month ago

@ivan what helped me in the past, was to not support what I can't easily test. For example I can easily start a Debian container but debugging something on Mac is usually a pain and I now often just decline it and tell people to send a PR of they happen to fix the issue they described.

Or just outright declining new features to keep the scope of the software manageable.

ivan, 1 month ago

@sandro sometimes we’re not in a position to refuse 🙃
(Software maintenance isn’t just for FOSS, it also applies to $WORK)

sandro, 1 month ago

@ivan I mean if you're at least get paid well to push up the sand. It kinda makes it bearable for some time.

And eventually you find a way to automate at least something