How to Recruit a New Maintainer for Your Package

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Authors: Maëlle Salmon, Noam Ross, Yanina Bellini Saibene
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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

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Data Analysis with R Open Source Software Innovations Software Engineering Research

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Publication date
27 January 2026