> Why would anyone bother doing this For the same reason a PR can be useful even if it turns out to be imperfect. Because it reduces the workload for the maint

> Why would anyone bother doing this For the same reason a PR can be useful even if it turns out to be imperfect. Because it reduces the workload for the maintainer to implement a given feature. Obviously that means that if it looks likely to be a net negative the maintainer isn't going to want it.