New and Improved Hacktoberfest Now Underway

Hacktoberfest 2021 is underway, and this year DigitalOcean has made updates to the event, starting with “maintainer-friendly rules” that include “allowing repos to opt-in to Hacktoberfest, ensuring only accepted pull requests count towards participants’ Hacktoberfest goals,” reports Mike Melanson.

The Hacktoberfest event is intended to encourage increased participation in the open source community. Over the past 8 years, the program has grown to include more than 150,000 participants who contribute pull requests, participate in global events, and other activities.

Read more at The New Stack and check out the Hacktoberfest website for details.

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