I disagree. Software doesn't rot, and scope can be bounded. One can finish something well enough that it requires virtually zero maintenance.
TweetNacl is finished. Monocypher is close to being finished. Many UNIX utilities are effectively finished. The only way such stuff requires maintenance is when something big happens, like the C standard starts breaking compatibility or something.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 12.0 ms ] threadTweetNacl is finished. Monocypher is close to being finished. Many UNIX utilities are effectively finished. The only way such stuff requires maintenance is when something big happens, like the C standard starts breaking compatibility or something.