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diff --git a/docs/Maintainers-Avoiding-Burnout.md b/docs/Maintainers-Avoiding-Burnout.md index 99353d946..a10a79cdf 100644 --- a/docs/Maintainers-Avoiding-Burnout.md +++ b/docs/Maintainers-Avoiding-Burnout.md @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ access** to Homebrew’s repository and help merge the contributions of others. You may find what is written here interesting, but it’s definitely not for everyone. -# 1. Use Homebrew +## 1. Use Homebrew Maintainers of Homebrew should be using it regularly. This is partly because you won't be a good maintainer unless you can put yourself in the shoes of our -users but also because you may decide to stop using Homebrew and at that point +users, but also because you may decide to stop using Homebrew and at that point you should also decide not to be a maintainer and find other things to work on. -# 2. No Guilt About Leaving +## 2. No Guilt About Leaving All maintainers can stop working on Homebrew at any time without any guilt or explanation (like a job). We may still ask for your help with questions after @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ Like a job, you should probably take a break from Homebrew at least a few times a year. This also means contributors should be consumers. If an owner finds they are -not using a project in the real-world, they should reconsider their involvement +not using a project in the real world, they should reconsider their involvement with the project. -# 3. Prioritise Maintainers Over Users +## 3. Prioritise Maintainers Over Users It's important to be user-focused but ultimately, as long as you follow #1 above, Homebrew's minimum number of users will be the number of maintainers. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ need takes priority over the burnout of maintainers. If users do not like the direction of the project, the easiest way to influence it is to make significant, high-quality code contributions and become a maintainer. -# 4. Learn To Say No +## 4. Learn To Say No Homebrew gets a lot of feature requests, non-reproducible bug reports, usage questions and PRs we won't accept. These should be closed out as soon as we @@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ work to be done. --- -Thanks to https://gist.github.com/ryanflorence/124070e7c4b3839d4573 which influenced this document +_Thanks to https://gist.github.com/ryanflorence/124070e7c4b3839d4573 which influenced this document_ |