> Open source maintainers abandoning projects due to lack of time and interest. And the occasional demanding users who would rather have us working on their pr

> Open source maintainers abandoning projects due to lack of time and interest. And the occasional demanding users who would rather have us working on their problems instead of our own. Only about a couple of hours ago, I received an issue[1] which from my perspective was lacking in details and appeared like an issue due to not having read the project documentation. Unclear issue details and demanding behaviour can take a toll on the morale of a maintainer of an open source project. Many open source project maintainers maintain their projects in their spare time that they carve out of their busy schedules, family, personal engagements and often a full time job. I wish more people would appreciate this. When an author makes a project open source and maintains it, one should appreciate that they are practically offering the project to others as a gift. [1] https://github.com/susam/texme/issues/21 https://github.com/susam/texme/issues/21