📣 Call for maintainers

[jkimbo]

Unfortunately it seems that the current maintainers of Graphene no longer have the time to maintain the library so I'm taking the liberty of putting out this call for anyone who wants to get involved with development. Ideally you'll already have already contributed to this library in some way or another.

The current status of the library is:

• v3 is ready to be released (☂️ Graphene v3 #1127) but has stalled because of a desire to bring the various dependant libraries up to date with it first. It's my opinion that v3 should just be released without waiting since it's been in the works for more than 6 months and it's now just stagnating. I will leave that up the new maintainers to make that call though since it will probably require some support once it's been released. Release notes are here: https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene/wiki/v3-release-notes
• The current master branch tracks the v3 beta releases and there is a v2 branch for bugfixes for v2 (https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene/tree/v2)
• The release process is as follows:
  • Update the version in https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene/blob/master/graphene/__init__.py#L44 and commit it
  • Create a new GitHub release with the new version number
  • GitHub will create a new tag and GitHub actions will push a new release to PyPi
  • The release numbers follow semver
• The current documentation is very sparse and needs work to make it more useful
• While Graphene is currently feature complete in terms of creating a compliant GraphQL server, it is lacking a lot of features that developers would expect from a mature GraphQL server library. There is a lot of scope to improve things here.
• There a quite a few gotchas with the API and it can cause a lot of confusion for people who are new to the library. Some of these are outlined here: Explain non-pythonic design and structures #612 (comment)
• Generally issues and pull requests have gone unanswered for quite a while know so there is a lot of housekeeping to do as well

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Please reply to this issue if you would like to help out with maintaining this library. Once we have a couple of interested people I'll give you admin access and then let you self organise with how you want to proceed.

[Speedy1991]

Working with graphene for about 4 years (also giving workshops ) . I don't have the time to maintain, but willing to review PR's and support with issues/questions

[roylanmartinez]

I have been using Django graphene for at least 4 months so far. I think Graphene is incredibly useful and despite of that it is incredibly underrated. I do not have full time availability but I would like to contribute with this great library maybe building up a page of this repository with a clearer and more complete documentation or something similar.

[AndreCimander]

Maybe https://jazzband.co/ is a good fit?

[ganwell]

Our project caluma uses graphene, we are committed to it. I wanted to help the project last year, but I wasn't able put much time in. I will talk to the team next week.

[berkcoker]

I can also contribute by reviewing PRs. We have been using graphene for over a year

[reginafcompton]

One of our repos at Brighthive uses Graphene; we've used Graphene for about 6 months. I am interested and (hopefully) able to contribute by: reviewing PRs and writing documentation.

[kevindice]

I'm interested in helping.

[jkimbo]

Thank you everyone. Any help if much appreciated.

@ganwell since you've contributed in the past it would be great to hand over things to you and your team. Could you either join Slack to chat more about it? Or email me, my email is on my GitHub profile.

[jkimbo]

@syrusakbary I'm going to leave this for you to take over now since you've said you're going to devote some more time to the project (I had assumed you weren't able to)

[syrusakbary]

Small update. We started using Graphene at Wasmer, so expect news to come soon regarding updates to the codebase and so :)

[jmorenobl]

Hello guys! is this repository officially dead? it has past 2 months from the last message written by @syrusakbary and still no movement. Can anyone confirm?

[kevindice]

@jmorenobl Seems like we absolutely have community interest in continuing this project. Forking is an option, but ideally, some of us can get added to the GH org.

[jmorenobl]

I agree with you @kevindice, seems like there is interest in this project. I'm certainly interested and I'm also interested in helping... what do we need to do? I'm not sure if I have the right background to help here but I can try. I'm using graphene-django and I want to keep using it. I don't like the alternatives.

[aryaniyaps]

I am interested in helping to release Graphene v3. It's been a very long time.

[richin13]

Any updates here? Looks like there's an effort to move things forward here with some of us willing to take over and recover this community

[allangz]

Hi guys, I also would like to help.

[jmorenobl]

Hello guys! Is there any roadmap for graphene v3? It seems to be some movement on the project but the documentation is outdated, the are many PRs and Issues. It would nice to have some info on the priorities and maybe more people can help.

[jamietdavidson]

Hey guys,

I have been working with graphene for over 2 years now, and have written a handful of custom mutation subclasses, logging classes, authentication integrations, and websocket integrations + tests, and have a handful of design patterns that i've found make working with graphene / django a lot easier (that I had to develop from scratch!).

I would love to bring this code into graphene and make it readily available.

Best,
James Davidson

[theodesp]

I'm also interested in contributing here. I can triage issues, review PRs and fix bugs. Count me in!

[djstein]

hi @jkimbo ! I am back on the open source train after leaving Apple this week and will be using Graphene as the core infrastructure at my new position. I would love to contribute as much as possible to this package.

I have been using Graphene for the past 4 years, and follow in @jamietdavidson's comments, where I have made advanced additions to Graphene in my apps via request logging, authentication, websockets via subscriptions + Django Channels, testing, among other topics.

I use Graphene based APIs in Python CLI tools as well as the GraphQL Code Generator (https://www.graphql-code-generator.com) to make premade TypeScript SDKs for NextJS apps.

[jamietdavidson]

@djstein @jkimbo Would either of you be interested in setting up a call later this week?

We can start the handoff process & start kicking this into high gear.

[djstein]

@jamietdavidson @jkimbo I am free to chat, the quickest way to reach me is on Twitter at (https://twitter.com/d_j_stein)

[jkimbo]

Great @djstein @jamietdavidson ! Are you both on the Slack workspace? It would be easier to coordinate things there with @tcleonard who has been picking up maintenance recently.

[erikwrede]

@djstein @jamietdavidson @tcleonard let me know when you schedule a call, currently working on Graphene-SQLAlchemy and would be happy to assist where I can :)

[jamietdavidson]

@erikwrede @djstein @jkimbo on Monday, June 27th***, at 11:00 AM PDT, I will be on this Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/ieu-wtxe-tqe

I’ll leave it open for anyone who would like to join. I wish GitHub had direct messages, as I don’t feel comfortable sharing my email on a public thread.

Let’s review and talk about things there! If anyone needs to reschedule, you can also reach me on twitter (jameztdavidson).

Talk soon!

[erikwrede]

@jamietdavidson see you there!
Also reposting the invite to the graphene-slack workspace :) Sharing a mail address should be more private there. Feel free to reach out!

https://join.slack.com/t/graphenetools/shared_invite/enQtOTE2MDQ1NTg4MDM1LTA4Nzk0MGU0NGEwNzUxZGNjNDQ4ZjAwNDJjMjY0OGE1ZDgxZTg4YjM2ZTc4MjE2ZTAzZjE2ZThhZTQzZTkyMmM

[erikwrede]

@jamietdavidson sent a request to join, are you on the call?

[djstein]

sorry gang @jamietdavidson @erikwrede , didn't realize the call was at 11 AM, pretty busy with work today. can we schedule a 5PM chat?

[erikwrede]

@djstein that's 2am CEST so I sadly won't be able to make it. Nevertheless, you are invited to contact me on the Graphene slack and I'll bring you up to speed ASAP :)

[felixmeziere]

@djstein thanks for existing! ❤️❤️❤️ we were lost here

[erikwrede]

Hey everyone,
We are trying to get things sorted right now and want to get started by adding some new features to graphene & overhaul documentation.
This issue will stay open as we are still looking for additional helpers!
Please contact me (Erik Wrede) directly on the Graphene Slack if you want to help out 🙂.
If there's an old PR stuck waiting for review that you feel is ready to merge, feel free to tag me and I'll check it out.

[oliver-sanders]

Hi there 👋,

Some of the other graphql-python repos are currently unmaintained, graphql-ws has a few PRs backed up. I'll try and review what I can and test against my use case. Would anyone with write permissions be able to drop in, particularly for these two which should be good to go:

• Support graphql-transport-ws websocket subprotocol graphql-ws#65 (two approvals)
• optimize resolve routine graphql-ws#97 (optimization, no behaviour change)

There's also an abandoned attempt to upgrade to graphql-core v3 graphql-python/graphql-ws#43 :(

[erikwrede]

Hey @oliver-sanders, awesome that you want to help out! Can you drop me a DM on the graphene discord or just write on the general channel - I'll find you there 😊

Cross-referencing @kiendang, he's working on graphql-server and long term the best solution is to merge it with graphql-ws.

[jtc3161]

@oliver-sanders @erikwrede, I haven't contributed to this repo before since it was already mostly unmaintained when I started on my most recent backend project, but would love to help out where I can. I've been maintaining a fork of graphql-ws-aiohttp for years which supports graphql-core v3, graphql-transport-ws and would really support the effort to bring websocket support native to graphql-server. The graphql-ws-aiohttp library is also unmaintained hence the fork.

[erikwrede]

@jtc3161 If you're interested in helping out on the Graphene Server / WS integrations, please contact @kiendang on the Graphene discord. He's the best person to ask on this 😊

[oliver-sanders]

Unfortunately, I can't access Discord from my network so wont be able to join you there. I'm not in a great place to help (no knowledge of the core library), but would also love to do what I can to help out.

On the subject of graphql-ws, I have reviewed this one:

• Support graphql-transport-ws websocket subprotocol graphql-ws#65

Additionally, I think these are ready to go (two are mine):

• optimize resolve routine graphql-ws#97 (small)
• Update installation instructions graphql-ws#88 (docs)
• Add tornado graphql-ws#25 (I've tested in-situ)

I can also help prepare for release as needed. Just need someone with merge permissions to drop by.

Collecting integrations into a single graphql-server repo sounds a reasonable idea, however, there appears to be a blocker for graphene-tornado to migrate (graphql-python/graphql-server#25).

[ptfpinho23]

A bit late to the party, but willing to help in whatever I can, we've been using it in production for a long while. Just messaged @kiendang on discord.

[kiendang]

@oliver-sanders @ptfpinho23 Sorry this slipped my attention. As Erik said I think it's a good move to migrate graphql-ws to graphql-server. However, I don't have time to do this work. If this is of interest to you, you're very welcome to submit a PR to graphql-server. I and Erik would be happy to review.

no knowledge of the core library

There is a separate effort to add websocket support to graphql-server in the v3 branch which you can use as reference to start.

[ptfpinho23]

As Erik said I think it's a good move to migrate graphql-ws to graphql-server. However, I don't have time to do this work. If this is of interest to you, you're very welcome to submit a PR to graphql-server. I and Erik would be happy to review.

@kiendang @erikwrede
Already took a look, definitely can help there; I'll take that over