@pj @asie
there are projects which are getting only several commits a year, and yet they're working fine. They've decided on a scope, implemented all the features that fit in it, rejected any features outside of it, and now only need a bugfix every now and then.
This is what Drew DeVault calls "maintenance mode", and IIRC he has a few projects that reached that stage, though don't remember off the top of my head which ones.