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What's annoying is the one man band projects get popular and then suddenly deciding to throw it away by archiving it on github without giving the chance of others to step in.

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Definitely. It's why I've been pushing for open governance and slowly building community's trust in additional maintainers to avoid burnout and ensure continuity.

You can see maintainer process here: https://github.com/openbao/openbao/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md

And TSC processes here: https://github.com/openbao/openbao/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md

Earlier this month, we moved from LF Edge to OpenSSF to better align with our umbrella foundation and hopefully reach more people.

It's the safe thing to do. If you endorse a fork, and the new maintainer goes rogue, it's on you. Or, let a prevailing fork naturally emerge, and hopefully that vets them a bit in the process.

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