Looks like a tech-debt ridden large piece of software that new developers just can't understand.
If that's the case, it's not really about it being "understaffed". Instead, it's doomed to rot until it's replaced of rewritten. There's no scenario where more maintainers will help, except for marginally delaying it.
The good news is that there are almost perfect replacements out there, and most of them are leaner.
Instead, it's doomed to rot until it's replaced of rewritten.
I've seen how that mindset has ruined several companies. Not saying that you're wrong about that particular program that is, after all, free software replaced by other free software parts. But for business, it's lethal.
I prefer the latter. It matches my mental model of such things, and lots of people talk about enjoying switching to it. Many others happily use the former daily.
> tmux is great but it's way too powerful for the 90% use case of screen - which is "let this process continue to run even if I disconnect or logout".
I guess, but does it really get in the way?
I use tmux only for scrollback and having multiple "tabs" and sessions, and not much else. But the more advanced stuff like splits and whatnot never really get in my way.
If there was a way to get rid of Tmux's persistent status bar, I'd be happy to switch over. But last time I checked, you can't, and I want that real estate.
If that's the case, it's not really about it being "understaffed". Instead, it's doomed to rot until it's replaced of rewritten. There's no scenario where more maintainers will help, except for marginally delaying it.
The good news is that there are almost perfect replacements out there, and most of them are leaner.