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It’s such an unfortunate word to use, “maintainer”... Sounds like a thing that had reached its full potential long ago and the “maintainer” is there to keep it
by bnastic 9y ago
It’s such an unfortunate word to use, “maintainer”... Sounds like a thing that had reached its full potential long ago and the “maintainer” is there to keep it on the road in one piece, for a while yet. It’ll never get better, it’s only ever downhill from there.
(Admittedly, that does describe a certain %age of open source projects).
- srtjstjsj 9y agoThat's exactly the maintainer's job. To keep it alive while the world is changing, so the software can continue delivering value. The maintainer might also be a developer, or other people might be developers, or possibly no one is developing that project.