[colug-432] Unfotunate Incomplete Projects

[michael at yanovich.net]

On 05/11/2016 10:53 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:45:54PM -0400, Jacob Ulrich wrote:
>> What do you do if there was a project on GitHub that you were looking 
>> forward to but it never got complete and the developer stopped 
>> committing? Also at the same time you don't know how to develop said 
>> project yourself. Could you hire a freelancer to complete it even if 
>> it's a project you know nothing about?
> 
> Jacob,
> 
> You could hire someone to do the work, or you could look for an
> alternative.  I have found that nearly every project on GitHub (or
> BitBucket, SourceForge, etc.) has a good 2 or 3, if not more, projects
> that resemble it.  I have actually had good luck with this, where I have
> found a project that appeared to have been abandoned but I was able to
> find a fork or "competing" project that was still active and close to
> what I needed.
> 
> Of course, YMMV depending on the specific project, the problem domain,
> and a multitude of other factors.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Roberto
> 

+1

I've come across some projects that were abandoned (and it happens in
the OSS world); but usually I'm able to find something else to accomplish
the task. Or I find another way to solve whatever problem I'm attempting
to solve. If what I'm trying to accomplish is within my skill-set I'll
attempt it on my own.

As far paying somebody to finish a project? If I were richer and the
situation I was in critically depended on using newer code? Maybe? I
mean, I personally couldn't see myself in such a situation but given
different people's circumstances it could happen.



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