How do you guys do this?
Mid March I started contributing to an open source community for the first time. I went through a huge backlog of issues (150+), even used AI to check whether some of them had already been resolved because a lot were just sitting there untouched from before GSoC. I found 3 meaningful issues that actually matched my skill level and weren’t just README edits or grammar fixes.
I asked if I could take them up. Waited a week. No reply.
So I worked on the PRs anyway and included them in my GSoC proposal. After submitting, I messaged again apologizing for pushing PRs without mentor acknowledgement because I genuinely didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes.
Again, no reply.
A week later I got notifications that the PRs were closed because there was no acknowledgement. So I asked for clarification there too. No response again.
I even tried asking in the Discord server. Nothing.
2 weeks later a girl came in asked for an issue I created the mod came back, said it needed my permission. I said I had already worked on it and requested for the acknowledgement for my own issue. Gone . Disappeared into who knows where again.
At this point I have 7 PRs pending because I actually want to contribute to the project, not just for GSoC. But the complete lack of communication is honestly driving me insane. I don’t even know if I’m doing something wrong or if this is just how some communities operate.
WHAT SHOULD I EVEN DO ATP????