I guess the underlying issue is that maintenance is afforded as few resources as necessary and is hence not somewhere most want to end up. So there is a lot of

I guess the underlying issue is that maintenance is afforded as few resources as necessary and is hence not somewhere most want to end up. So there is a lot of incentive to keep products from ending up in maintenance mode even if they really should. I find it quite sad. So many offerings seem to be made worse when people can't leave well enough alone.