5k+ issues and 1,1k+ pull requests. Someone must be busy there. But if you want to manage that amount of things and and distribute the work, you need to keep a

5k+ issues and 1,1k+ pull requests. Someone must be busy there. But if you want to manage that amount of things and and distribute the work, you need to keep accepting PRs. And at that point, the project will start to become extremely complex if the pace is too high, unless there is someone who enforces strict standards for every PR. There is a risk that it slows down the process and reduces the amount of contributions.