[shafte]

Glad to see the team really embrace the nitty-gritty of keeping the open-source community healthy. React Native is a project with a lot of potential that's taken a few high-profile lumps this past year. Being an OSS maintainer can be difficult and thankless sometimes, but it's good to see teams that recommit to open source instead of withdrawing and focusing solely on internal needs.

[stevepotter]

Can I have more information on the "high profile lumps this past year"? Thanks!

[itwy]

'thankless'! They are getting paid big bucks as Facebook employees. What are you talking about?

[warent]

Well, aside from money though have you seen some of the issues created on git repos and their responses? The software is OSS and free, yet there are countless people who use it acting like they're high profile businesses deserving white-glove treatment and they'll totally take out their anger on a maintainer.

[lhorie]

I think parent means working on open source tasks is often "thankless" in the sense that it's extra work that doesn't necessarily benefit their employer.