Developer Forks httpx Python Library to httpxyz Due to Maintenance Issues
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Summary
A developer explains why they forked the popular Python HTTP client library httpx to create httpxyz. The fork was motivated by frustration with the original project's maintenance issues - specifically, after contributing a zstd content decoding feature that was merged but later found to be broken, the developer submitted a fix that was ignored. Despite repeated requests for a release containing the fix and personal emails to the author, there had been no new releases since November 2024, leaving the broken feature in production for over a year. The developer decided to fork the project to maintain an actively maintained version with the necessary fixes.
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In 2024, I contributed zstd content decoding. This got merged and released! I was very happy and proud. Then I found out it was broken.
The fix was ignored and there was never any release since November 2024.
Me, and others, asked repeatedly for a release containing my fix. I sent email to the author personally.
I forked the python library httpx to httpxyz after over a year without a release of this popular package
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