[colug-432] Unfotunate Incomplete Projects

[Jacob Ulrich]

On 2016-05-11 23:01, michael at yanovich.net wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> colug-432 mailing list
> colug-432 at colug.net
> http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432

Thanks for the speedy replies. What if there truly is no alternative 
though? In my situation I really don't think there is. What would you do 
if it's a specific project you want to see complete for personal 
reasons?