Explain the status and the future of the library (in PR template, README, docs site)

[tuukkamustonen]

Attempting to file a new feature request shows the text:

Requests is not accepting feature requests at this time.

Fair enough, there must be reason for that (e.g. lack of maintainers).

However, maybe explain a bit more - if new features are not accepted, what is the future of the library in general? You could:

• Pin a ticket on the issue tracker
• Add a note to the README
• And/or maybe to the docs site

Current state leaves people (at least me) searching/googling for the status and explanation, yet nothing is found?

[bourgeoisor]

Additionally to this, it would be useful to know what issues are coming into the next release, and a sort of ETA / timeline of releases. I'm currently waiting for the next release, and if it wasn't for someone else also asking that question in an issue "when is the next release coming?" I wouldn't know... It doesn't seem to be documented anywhere (site or repo or otherwise).

[nateprewitt]

@bourgeoisor You should be able to find the currently flagged changes for upcoming releases in our Milestones, GitHub's standard mechanism for tracking changes. There is no formal release schedule but I'll note the current cadence in a future PR.

[bourgeoisor]

That's an oversight on my part-- The changes are indeed in the GitHub Milestones. Thank you for documenting the expected release cadence, that would help a lot!