26–31 Jul 2023
Europe/Riga timezone

Maintaining healthy upstream relationships as a small team

26 Jul 2023, 11:40
25m
25 Minute Presentation Community Building and Diversity

Speaker

Dylan McCall

Description

For over a decade, the Endless OS Foundation has balanced creating new products with open source software while maintaining healthy relationships with upstream projects. Forks are inevitable, but those sustainable, long-term partnerships are immensely valuable. This presentation will explore techniques for effectively communicating upstream, fostering a culture of collaboration, and managing disagreements. Using real-world examples from our own experiences with projects like GNOME, we will highlight the benefits and challenges of thinking upstream first while building for a unique vision.

Author(s) Bio

Dylan McCall is a GNOME contributor and a software developer at the Endless OS Foundation. He is from Vancouver, Canada.

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