That is a serious burden on the maintainers, it creates all kinds of different problems, especially if the functionality of the libraries assumes a certain execution environment. Rust doesn't just target x86 desktops.
And? Not every project had the same amount of resources.
There is a tradeoff here. Having a large, but badly maintained, standard library with varying platform support is worse than having a smaller, but well maintained, one.
The amount of contributors is
a totally meaningless metric.
1. Not every contributor contributes equally. Some contributors work full time on the project, some work a few hours a month.
2. The amount of contributors says nothing about what resources are actually required. Rust is, no doubt, a more complex language than go and is also evolving faster.
3. The amount of contributors says nothing about the amount of contributors maintaining very niche parts of the ecosystem.
