[andreineculau]

> Professionalizing the role of maintainer

My 2c are that the problem is there, not specifically to OSS. The whole industry is looking down on maintenance and maintainers.

Keeping things working might not be a great career, but it's equally important as creating new stuff, and guess what: some people don't want to create but like to debug and maintain.

A parallel might be drawn with the right to repair electronics. When we will get back the culture of repairing stuff, then we will value more the act of repairing. Because now, it's an art of repairing that very few afford.