So.. how does everyone feel about their stuff on GitHub right now?
I use GitHub all the time but I never expected it to be mandatory if you wanted to publish a package for a popular open source language.
But as the top says, “If you are interested in helping with this work, please feel free to get started!” (Though only if you’re a contributor or open a duplicate issue)
Presumably it is to prevent people discussing problems at length. I don't know any other reason they would do that.
It seems to go against how most other organizations use GitHub.