It honestly sucks that the #1 requirement to being an effective FOSS maintainer (above even coding talent) is the skill of enforcing healthy emotional boundaries.
After the XZ debacle, it would only be harder, because they can’t trust that anyone volunteering to step up is doing so with the best of intentions, and vetting someone would be adding a lot to the workload.
OSS maintenance is a thankless job for the most part and the reaction in this thread proves the point.
It honestly sucks that the #1 requirement to being an effective FOSS maintainer (above even coding talent) is the skill of enforcing healthy emotional boundaries.
After the XZ debacle, it would only be harder, because they can’t trust that anyone volunteering to step up is doing so with the best of intentions, and vetting someone would be adding a lot to the workload.