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Have you ever created a package that people started to use, which you then had to maintain for purposes that didn't do anything for you and then no longer even
by tclancy 8y ago
Have you ever created a package that people started to use, which you then had to maintain for purposes that didn't do anything for you and then no longer even need the package? Pretty much any rando offering to take over maintenance is going to be welcome to it compared to the dozens of requests and insults offered as bug reports.
- meowface 8y agoYes, I am in this situation right now, actually. I have a project with around 700 stars on GitHub with over a million downloads per month (according to PyPI) which I no longer have the time, interest, or willpower to continue maintaining. I placed an open call to find a new maintainer months ago, and have received many requests. Every single request I've received has been roughly as shady as the request sent to event-stream. I've declined them all due to their shadiness. I know exactly what could happen (this situation right here) if I give it to the wrong person.
- Ayesh 8y agoThis is good maintainership right here! For outsiders, it looks like the maintainer is greedy to keep the project to themselves. The bug reports pile up, and dozens of people are offerring to maintain. And then insults start to come up, because it looks like you don't want to hand it over. If you want to take over a project, you just earn the trust if the current maintainer, be it patches for existing PRs, finding security vuons, etc over the time. Linux has gotten this right.
- meowface 8y agoThank you. Exactly.