The rOpenSci suite of packages is mainly composed of packages contributed by the community through peer-review, but also includes some packages maintained by staff. Over time, the commitments and availability of the original developers of a package can change. This leads to some maintainers stepping down from their maintainer role, or other maintainers looking to lower their workload through more teamwork and therefore looking for co-maintainers.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ropensci.org/blog/2022/10/17/maintain-or-co-maintain-an-ropensci-package/