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>>jashke+(OP)
Arguably the best and most important thing an open source author can do is engineering their code the way as easy to understand and extend (this doesn't mean an over-engineered architecture, quite the opposite) as possible so whoever wants something particular could really easily add/change it with an extension or by forking and editing the core code. This done you can really legitimately direct those asking for what you don't feel like doing to do it themselves. Another great idea, IMHO, is hosting issue tracking on GitHub and making it the only accepted channel for feature requests and bug reports.

>>qwerty+M7
Making github the only accepted channel for anything is hardly a great idea. Perhaps if you used "an additional" instead of "the only" in that sentence...

>>pferde+3I
I believe this way people are more likely to be reasonably self-moderating and specific and less likely to engage in personally emotional argument with you than if you use e-mail. It will also give people convenience of filing a bug/suggestion without having to register on yet another bug tracker given they already have a GitHib account (who hasn't?). Needless to say using a single bug tracking system and input channel is much more convenient for everybody than if there were many.