I haven't used Gmane or Gnus for quite a while but one vivid memory comes to mind of me having a problem with Gnus one Friday morning at about 11:00. So I posted a question asking if anyone else had the problem; I no longer remember what the problem was. What I do remember however is that within two hours I had a reply with an explanation and a fix from Lars Ingebrigtsen himself.
That kind of support is literally priceless, you can't buy it from Microsoft or Google or Oracle, etc. And even when you can get some kind of support from them it takes hours or more likely days and is filtered through multiple layers of semi-competent drones regurgitating the official docs.
I think it's horrible that Lars should be so stressed. All I can think of to say is just hand it over to someone and walk away; you've done your bit and more than most to make the Internet a good place, don't let it, or them, grind you down.
That kind of support is literally priceless, you can't buy it from Microsoft or Google or Oracle, etc. And even when you can get some kind of support from them it takes hours or more likely days and is filtered through multiple layers of semi-competent drones regurgitating the official docs.
I think it's horrible that Lars should be so stressed. All I can think of to say is just hand it over to someone and walk away; you've done your bit and more than most to make the Internet a good place, don't let it, or them, grind you down.