Updating a tooltip addon?

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Hello,

This question is pretty general and maybe incomprehensible but I'll do my best.

Every big patch, another set of game content usually is accompanied by another set of addon woes.

I can use PhanxTooltip as an example, a pretty basic addon that I've used for a while and grown fond of. It has been spitting errors like no tomorrow since the 7.0.3 patch which can't be good for client stability even if things appear to run fine, right?

Whenever I see simple but popular addons get abandoned there is usually someone to pick it up and keep it up to date in a heartbeat and say "I just add a line here and it should run fine".

Is it that simple for someone like me with no lua knowledge? Is it easy to keep addons updated yourself unless it's a bigger dog as long as long as you don't want new features?

Thanks!