I'd say precedent is against you here. There's many examples of widely used open source projects that don't get lots of free maintenance effort. Maintaining so

I'd say precedent is against you here. There's many examples of widely used open source projects that don't get lots of free maintenance effort. Maintaining something well is hard and requires commitment, you can't just crowd source it with people dipping in and out with the occasional fix and new feature. Being careful about what PRs you accept, especially when it's a big new feature is crucial to the health of an open source project and the mental health of its maintainers.