“but none of the maintainers will even hold discussions with you about the philosophy of the package manager” Or maybe it is because they do not want to deal w

“but none of the maintainers will even hold discussions with you about the philosophy of the package manager” Or maybe it is because they do not want to deal with people who have a history of trolling and no interest in changing their opinions. But seriously, GNOME gets piled on all the time as the worst, yet somehow remains quite popular. Haters gonna hate and there is a point where ignoring them is the best course of action.