I'm not sure I get this characterization of the exchange; the parent comment is a little curt in his third reply, but the original issue is very well-formulated

I'm not sure I get this characterization of the exchange; the parent comment is a little curt in his third reply, but the original issue is very well-formulated and the Seaborn guy's replies are incomprehensible. After elaborating, the parent gets a little pedantic in trying to get the maintainer to respond with something other than a one-sentence dismissal, and although at that point the comment is a little hostile, it clearly isn't "an obnoxious rant" or "asking for free tech support". Relative to the number of stars the repository has, this exchange was probably one of the most user-hostile I've ever seen for a legitimate question on a bugtracker.