I've done a few documentation contributions for some projects. Turns out that technical writers and editors are appreciated in certain places.
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Its also horrible lacking in most projects (cough Lemmy)
Sadly, I've contributed docs to some projects only to have the devs delete it. They profited off of their hosting solution, so the wanted it to be unclear how to self host it
Only GPL protected code. I mostly create issues and update documentation
If it's something easy to fix or add, worth the time to make a pull request.
Otherwise mostly bug reports and feature requests lol
I've made a few code contributions, but most of the time I'm working on my own (also libre) projects or procrastinating.
I'm also a member of the FSF so I guess those membership dues also count?
I've done a few wiki posts and issues. I'm not a bad programmer but my ADHD makes the scaffolding around OSS contribution a lot harder than the actual programming aspect. So I've been sorta nervous to jump in.
i made two issues and a small pull request once, haven't donated money to any foss yet but i should and i will when possible.
Unfortunately never. I'm no Linux programmer and I have no idea how to use that space-shuttle-cockpit-shaped menu for crowd translation
Hey mate. I started translating for programs on Weblate. I had never done anything like that before.
Just make an account on the weblate, choose the language you want to translate in and go from there.
I had 2 weeks off so translated a lot of software.
If I can figure it out then so can you and anyone.
Cheers
Way too often. Maintainers wish I didn't...
Probably too often
No such thing as too often :)
Once a year. I usually give half to the same set of orgs and the rest to things I've found useful or inspiring that year.
So far, once.
Not good enough :(
Like once or twice a year I will open pull requests to libraries I use that have problems or missing features.
I mostly write bug reports as my code is not up to par with most projects and my native language is always already translated...
I regularly do bug reports. I would contribute more, but I simply don't have the time.
This but I don't have time or knowledge.
A few times a month. I am active with issue reporting and fixes for some Godot extensions and React projects. I've also opened source my own crap.
Sometimes, Issues in software that I'm interested. I don't code, just very simple shell scripting. For that reason I have a GitHub account, and other one in Gitlab that I did for just 1 project.
Most of the time is translations but from time to time is a tiny bit of code.
I rarely find a situation where I need a feature that doesn't exist that's important enough to me to implement it myself. It's a heck of a lot easier to just, for example, purchase things that already work with an existing home assistant integration.
I suppose I could contribute with bug fixes and such, but I have a lot of hobbies that I'm already busy with, and I do development work as my main job.
A minimum of weekly, when I get a good streak going several times a day.
Last year I had ~370 contributions on Github, and some unknown number on other platforms (email, gitlab, project specific gitlab instance, etc.). I've very sadly dropped off as of late.
If using open source projects and sharing my experience by helping others on forums and logging detailed bugs when I find them counts as contribution, then everyday.
I'm a software dev myself, but I have enough on my plate with my day job and two kids that have to be taken to all manner of activities. I don't know how all these people find the time to work on free software, probably for little to no compensation, but my hat is off to all of you, wherever you are.