I anticipated this reply, either here or elsewhere, and was really hoping it wouldn't arrive.
I do a lot of volunteer work too. Guess what? My decisions in those roles are not unimpeachable. Being a volunteer also does not mean you are owed anything, even gratitude. It's a thing you choose to do, and if you don't like doing it anymore, then you should stop doing it.
Package maintainers aren't self-sacrificial saints or all that unique as volunteers go.
This is a bad decision. It deserves criticism and discussion. The volunteer status of package maintainership is irrelevant.
I do a lot of volunteer work too. Guess what? My decisions in those roles are not unimpeachable. Being a volunteer also does not mean you are owed anything, even gratitude. It's a thing you choose to do, and if you don't like doing it anymore, then you should stop doing it.
Package maintainers aren't self-sacrificial saints or all that unique as volunteers go.
This is a bad decision. It deserves criticism and discussion. The volunteer status of package maintainership is irrelevant.