Still thinking about "Development Status" Ranks less than prod? More and more...
Still thinking about "Development Status"
Ranks less than prod? More and more good code quality metrics.
But more than prod? What is different from prod and mature? Seems like metrics outside of the code, e.g. popularity, bug counts (low) in the issue tracker, features in the issue tracker (fewer and fewer)
(Ignoring API stability and maintainer intentions)
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Inactive means: you want it? you fork it. It doesn't mean no more work on it.
Beta is feature complete? No it means: I'm out of ideas, ideas will have to come from you. It's open source, I can't stop you from coming up with a new idea.