Hi dear reader; the other day I got approached by the Open Source Initiative to make a post in their website talking about being a maintainer, what my experience was, what I would say to contributors, and what are the hidden hardships of being a maintainer. That post is not yet up (in fact, I’m not even sure if can disclose it). But that got me thinking. What else do I have to say about maintainer (free) open source software? What would other maintainers benefit from knowing? So I made a nu...