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>The majority of most things is not good "90% of everything is crap." -- Sturgeon's law [0] The problem is that once someone has put in the time to create a P
by SomeCallMeTim 5y ago
>The majority of most things is not good
"90% of everything is crap." -- Sturgeon's law [0]
The problem is that once someone has put in the time to create a PR, declining it is never going to feel good for the contributor.
Yes, they can maintain their own fork with their changes. But to be told "this doesn't work for our project," no matter how politely, is often emotionally interpreted as a form of rejection.
Which is what spawns the kind of rant above in the original link.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law