If Ironholds didn't have an history of stirring shit for the sake of stirring shit, and being kicked of projects for doing so (see his Wikimedia Foundation hist

If Ironholds didn't have an history of stirring shit for the sake of stirring shit, and being kicked of projects for doing so (see his Wikimedia Foundation history), you'd have a point. No one was feeling excluded by that properly named variable (even if kinda unfortunate, but the most it can extract from someone is a smile), and certainly not the author. Also, filling a bug report was improper as it certainly wasn't a bug, so the quotes around "bug report" in the answer were well justified. The CRAN maintainer chose not to feed the troll by not engaging and cutting contact. It's usually the way to go, as they do it for the attention. This discussion is proof of his talent...