You have to realize that in order for the maintainers to effectively manage all of the contributions, they have to insist that, at a minimum, that the form of t

You have to realize that in order for the maintainers to effectively manage all of the contributions, they have to insist that, at a minimum, that the form of the code conforms to some basic guidelines. Otherwise, the code base quickly gets messy and confusing for people. You should view your goal as making the ability for them to merge in your stuff as painless/frictionless as possible.