[morgante]

> And in some cases I've just granted PR authors write access and been like "there it's yours now." But none of these end states feel quite right; in all cases I end up feeling guilty and unsatisfied with how it turns out.

What feels wrong with this? Personally I'd much rather hand a project over to someone else than leave it completely archived.

[tpxl]

This has resulted in projects turning to malware multiple times.

[mikepurvis]

It's the ideal outcome, I guess. But a number of projects end up just re-abandoned six months later after the person merged their own thing and pushed a release with it. I guess that's good for having moved it forward at all, but it certainly doesn't feel like a complete solution.