On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 19:49:44 UTC, aberba wrote:
None of which seems to me we're making it easy for people without time of their hands to make contribution. Spending hours-days writing a DIP or pull request that doesn't get the attention it deserves can be very demoralizing (undervalued).
Indeed, if it is ignored and does not lead to a new and improved version, that is demoralizing. But, the value of a DIP isn't that it is implemented, but that it takes part in an iterative process that leads to a better outcome. So, the people who manage a project has to make this visible to those that participate, that they take part in an iterative process that is moving forward.
Project management and team motivation are quite challenging topics, but if one ignore those then there will be less progress, stagnation, or regressions.
Looks to me like running away from responsibility or like I've been saying, a missing hand needed to bridge that gap.
There has to be a clearly mediated feeling of a spiral of progress, and that has to be communicated by those who take on project management responsibilities.
So, even if the solution provided by a DIP doesn't lead to something there should at least be a feeling that the ISSUE raised is being acknowledged and noted. Which is what I feel was missing in the example given.
