I submitted a couple PRs to a library that were both accepted and merged, but without a new release. I have a library I’ve been waiting to release, but it depends on the aforementioned library (and those changes), and Hex (obviously, reasonably) won’t let me publish with a github-based dependency. I’ve tried to ping the maintainer in a couple PRs and issues, but I’m also wary of becoming a PITA and I hate calling people out publicly (which is why I haven’t mentioned either the library or the maintainer here). I understand everyone has plenty of competing priorities, and being a pest to people who share their code for free isn’t a great way to make friends or have productive collaborations.

It’s been about three weeks since my last Github issue about it. So, from a community standpoint, is my best option:

1. Fork and release the dependency so I can release my own package, with the intention of switching the dependency back over if/when the original gets a new release?
2. Release without a hard dependency, but document the fact that the github version needs to be added to mix.exs also for the time being?
3. Fork and don’t look back?
4. Keep being patient and try to approach the maintainer via other means?