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> It baffles me how such an important package that so many Linux servers use every day is unmaintained by the original author due to insufficient funds. Is it
by concordDance 3y ago
> It baffles me how such an important package that so many Linux servers use every day is unmaintained by the original author due to insufficient funds.
Is it actually insufficient funds or is it burnout?
- rubymamis 3y agoI'm not sure. I know from working on OSS projects personally that insufficient funds can easily lead to burnout as well. You gotta find other sources of revenue while STILL maintaining your OSS project.
- dingnuts 3y agosame thing; if you have money you can hire people to spread the burden
- junon 3y agoIn the case of XZ it was more akin to burnout based on the literature around the time Jia Tan was instated.