How to Be a Good Open Source Maintainer

A competent outsider shows up with a small, clean fix. They&rsquo;ve read the contributing guide and written a test; the diff is easy to review. What happens next decides whether they ever come back, and whether the next 10 people who would have followed them ever start.&#xA;Nobody defends what usually happens next. Letting a PR rot isn&rsquo;t a decision anyone makes, and the silent close is…