Future of this module about pubsubclient

[kamiKAZIK]

would it make sense to create an organization and assign several maintainers instead? This is the best MQTT client for Arduino and ESP as far as I know, would be a shame to slowly put it to rest

[dominicdumont]

Just wanted to mention that this is the best library around for pub/sub. It is very useful and I am grateful that you are still willing to maintain it. Thanks for the great work!

[hmueller01]

I scanned all the PR's and would approve to integrate the following fixes:

1. All the same, would take the first/oldest: #788, #826, #899, #1005 or #1031
2. IMPORTANT #783 - closes #747, #1020, #745
3. #1038
4. #1029
5. #1001 - if @FeedehC accepts my suggestion (or you do it)
6. #993, #863 can be closed with this as well
7. #844
8. #605
9. #567 - closes #901, #314
10. #1046, closes #840

This is potentially worth checking for integration (not adding new features):

1. #1026
2. #966
3. #835
4. #830
5. #768

[cchaz003]

@hmueller01 I'm trying out your changes on some of my deployed devices (the non-critical ones at least). I'll let you know if I run into any bugs related to the merged updates.

@kamiKAZIK I too would love to see some form of a community support moving forward if @knolleary is on board. I've used this lib under the hood on essentially every MQTT based project I've done over the years and would love to give back. I would be happy to join with a group of like minded folks who want this library to live on and continue developing it!

[hmueller01]

I merged almost all patches above, except #1029, #1026 and #835 into
https://github.com/hmueller01/pubsubclient/tree/dev-fixes
If you like you can test it. I tested this on ESP8266 and found no issues til now.
Not sure if #768 works on all platforms, as it uses printf which is not defined in default Arduino

[Avamander]

I've been a maintainer for a handful of projects, Arduino and related, for a bunch of years now. If there's interest I can lend a hand when I can.

[schlaubstar]

Would it make sense to align with https://github.com/thingsboard/pubsubclient
For my understanding TB maintains the most advanced fork of this project

[abdosn]

I suggest using Issue template like this to clean up issues that do not need any updates to the library