Sometimes importing/depending on a library is exactly what's needed. Sometimes importing/depending on a library means you're permanently saddled with an unmain

Sometimes importing/depending on a library is exactly what's needed. Sometimes importing/depending on a library means you're permanently saddled with an unmaintained, inflexible, third-party white elephant. These outcomes are not mutually exclusive. One of my apps even has a directory called "lib/boondoggles/" because it includes so many of these. It works fine, but I will never revise it.