Not my experience at all. And even if true, it wouldn't matter. Someone found a problem. They can a) ignore it b) file a bug/shout on irc c) do a pull reque

Not my experience at all. And even if true, it wouldn't matter. Someone found a problem. They can a) ignore it b) file a bug/shout on irc c) do a pull request. I much prefer c over b, and both over a. Every little bit helps, and it's improving the current state. I've hardly seen people doing extensive (as in hard to review) commits that looked like busywork to get an 'I commited' badge of honor (is that a thing?) in any repo. And I also do that all the time, if I find some thing that's quicker to fix via PR than even find the external bug tracker or the irc channel? Everybody wins.