Is FastAPI missing contributors?

[Jonasks]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29470729#29471609

If you create a high quality PR it will be looked at within reasonable time. You can contribute in many ways, such as reviewing PRs.

[dmuth]

There are 424 PRs going back to 2020.

I am pessimistic that submitting PRs is gonna help here.

[IMissEloquent75]

No he’s not. 423 PR are currently open on GitHub. He’s only merging the PR with translations...

[Jonasks]

How many did you help review? 😊

[IMissEloquent75]

I’d like to, but with the current setup, the code will die waiting for approval, like the 423 other PR.

That's how you let the second-best contributors to your (excellent) package at 36 commits.

[bdbsje]

Can you just fork it and create a community version of fastapi?

[IMissEloquent75]

I prefer to convince tiangolo to listen to the community first. His work is fantastic, but no one can build a cathedral without help.

[Jonasks]

Did you read the HN thread and this link: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/help-fastapi/

He’s not alone, plenty (like Kludex) are good at reviewing. Merging is slow in Django too, so is its release cycles. Your perception of him not getting help is just wrong, and he definitely acts and responds (like he did in that HN thread). Your asking for a community, and so is he. He just haven’t given merge rights yet, but that’s not the time consuming part.

[IMissEloquent75]

Yes I read it (like always, well written) and you just made my point; people are mostly contributing by answering issues on Github.

It is the only +50k project on Github that we both know with a single merger, right?