It seems unrealistic to want new features but also be against any kind of refactoring or efforts to bring in new users. As you have found, it's time-consuming t

It seems unrealistic to want new features but also be against any kind of refactoring or efforts to bring in new users. As you have found, it's time-consuming to backport things and the people who actually want that are not usually willing to do it. Probably because it doesn't bring in new users and therefore makes no money. Free software really doesn't change anything abut this, projects that want to become popular still need to prioritize growth.