| Kind of. 48 contributors total (Yes, Andrew is doing most) - https://github.com/andrewgodwin/channels/graphs/contributors It sounds like it wasn't decided to keep 3rd party as much as decided not to not combine yet: > The feedback I got during the proposal process for putting Channels into Django 1.10 (it did not get in before the deadline, but will still be developed as an external app with 1.10) was valuable; some of the more recent changes and work, such as backpressure and the local-and-remote Redis backend, are based on feedback from that process, and I imagine more tweaks will emerge as more things get deployed on Channels. https://www.aeracode.org/2016/6/16/philosophy-channels/ You can still use Channels today in 1.8–1.10. https://blog.heroku.com/in_deep_with_django_channels_the_fut... This project is very much in the spotlight, was heavily discussed at PyCon, etc. I don't think it's going anywhere. |