I saw too many bug reports, that didn't had any reaction from the package maintainer for years. This should be avoided.
The said bug reports are often vague and require significant time
investment to figure out and are being judged by the maintainer
not to be of high importance to deal with, or discuss, at the
moment. Some are subjective attempts to change the way a package
is being maintained which is in the realm of maintainers
discretion, not up to a novice contributor to decide. Some
submitters even use their social connections or shaming tactics to
pressure a maintainer into dealing with them. Highly visible
packages are more exposed to this kind of bug reports than others
thus accumulating the said bug reports in large numbers. How do
you avoid this?
Milan