🥭 The Open Source Project Maintainer's Guide

by Liam White

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https://liamwhite.dev/posts/0035-hostile-source-environment/

Any experienced C developers among my followers? #BoostsWelcome.

Expat, arguably the world's most popular #XML parser, is understaffed and without funding. As #xz has shown, situations like this are dangerous.

Last month, maintainer Sebastian Pipping put up a plea for help at https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_6_2/expat/Changes

(I would help myself, but my C skills barely surpass "Hello, World".)

Found via @timbray - https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/112203547801373427

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I feel a little guilty archiving an open source project I created almost a decade ago. But the truth is I haven't used it myself in a long time, and it's just being honest with users asking for support.

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