How to Recruit a New Maintainer for Your Package
Abstract
Maintaining an open source package is rewarding work, but it's also a lot of work.Life and careers change, interests shift, and sometimes you simply don't have the time or energy to keep working on your R package (and that's okay! 1 ).When that happens, one of the most responsible things you can do for package users, and for yourself, is to proactively look for a new maintainer or
Fields of Study & Subjects
Data Analysis with R
Open Source Software Innovations
Software Engineering Research
Publication details
- Publication date
- 27 January 2026