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What commenters are saying
Commenters split into two camps. One side condemns the maintainer's actions, citing closed repos, ignored PRs, and private 1.0 development as damaging to FOSS. The other side defends the maintainer's right to step back, arguing users are not entitled to free maintenance. A significant vector of discussion focuses on the resulting fork, httpx2, which is sponsored by Pydantic and keeps the old API, positioned as a stable alternative to the upcoming breaking httpx 1.0. Several commenters note the switch to using the OS TLS trust store over certifi is a practical improvement for corporate networks.
What commenters are saying
Commenters split into two camps. One side condemns the maintainer's actions, citing closed repos, ignored PRs, and private 1.0 development as damaging to FOSS. The other side defends the maintainer's right to step back, arguing users are not entitled to free maintenance. A significant vector of discussion focuses on the resulting fork, httpx2, which is sponsored by Pydantic and keeps the old API, positioned as a stable alternative to the upcoming breaking httpx 1.0. Several commenters note the switch to using the OS TLS trust store over certifi is a practical improvement for corporate networks.