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How to handle ignored open source contributions

My pull request has been sitting there for six months and the maintainer reads it but never responds and I don't know if I should ping them again or just give up.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Silence from others often speaks louder than rejection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Open source as philosophy?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.