{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765/events","html_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765","id":122536727,"number":11765,"title":"Get @wkennington contributing to nixpkgs again","user":{"login":"copumpkin","id":2623,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2623?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin","html_url":"https://github.com/copumpkin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/copumpkin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/labels/9.needs:%20feedback","name":"9.needs: feedback","color":"eb6420"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-12-16T15:53:34Z","updated_at":"2015-12-16T21:23:21Z","closed_at":"2015-12-16T21:23:21Z","body":"Seems like losing @wkennington's contributions is a pretty big loss for the project and that we should brainstorm how we can align the community's goals with his again :smile: \r\n\r\ncc @edolstra and possibly others that I don't know yet\r\n\r\nFeel free to close if this seems like the wrong place to address it, but I wanted to get this out there."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/comments/165252611","html_url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765#issuecomment-165252611","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11765","id":165252611,"user":{"login":"peti","id":28323,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28323?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti","html_url":"https://github.com/peti","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peti/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-16T21:23:21Z","updated_at":"2015-12-16T21:23:21Z","body":"I totally sympathize with the intention behind this \"issue\". However, this ticket doesn't feel like something that's actionable for anyone (except, possibly, @wkennington). I have no idea why William stopped to contribute, therefore I don't see what I could possibly do to help remedy and close this ticket. My guess is that virtually everyone else will be in the same situation. Therefore, I'd very much prefer to frame this discussion in the context of a concrete patch, a concrete change request, etc. If there is any particular patch that @wkennington wants merged to Nixpkgs, then the proper way to approach that is to open a pull request and ask for feedback. Given a concrete request, I'm sure we can figure out ways to compromise and merge the patch so that everybody is kind-of happy.\r\n\r\nI'd also be hugely in favor of having a conversation with William about his perception, i.e. it would be great if he could write a mailing list posting that says, basically: \"I don't want to contribute any more for reasons X, Y, and Z.\" Then we would try to figure out what went wrong and channel those insights into other, actionable tickets.\r\n\r\nThis particular ticket, however, I'd rather see closed ... and I'll be pro-active about it. If anyone feels that this issue should be re-opened, please go ahead and re-open it -- I don't feel strongly about it."}}