I'm amazed that this is still being discussed. It's open source, no one is forcing you to use it. If you don't trust the newer versions; use the old versions.

I'm amazed that this is still being discussed. It's open source, no one is forcing you to use it. If you don't trust the newer versions; use the old versions. If you no longer like the maintainer because of reasons, fork it/start your own. It's not that hard. Storm in a teacup.