@lain @neon @deadsuperhero my point is that you cannot accurately evaluate how well a project is maintained without investing a lot of time and knowing a lot things.
nobody is choosing based off of community vibes or responsiveness to PRs.
the current state is one where we can only assume anything written will be completely unmaintained and it will be up to you to fix any known issues (lol if its a security issue and you are not an expert).
you are right that making things is the easy part, and maintaining them is the effortful part, but there is no incentive to build a reputation anymore because the whole FOSS paradigm is fucking broken and for suckers.
if you open sores anything in 2026, you are cattle tbh