There's a lesson here for anyone who dreams of getting famous maintaining something in the open source world - if it grows huge and you're not willing to share control (and fame, and maybe money) you can't take really a break from it. You will always have to be there or risk losing it very quickly.

Software development at scale is about much more than code. It's about maintaining relationships with people, being willing to trust other people can do good work without your input, and sharing responsibility for what you started. All the really awesome open source projects have people who are good at those things at their core.