Fork it, patch it and provide your own package if you really want the extra options. I did it with network manager for years due to shitty acmel wifi driver ti

Fork it, patch it and provide your own package if you really want the extra options. I did it with network manager for years due to shitty acmel wifi driver timing issues and when the drivers got fixed I stopped using my patches. No one will stop you patching. The maintainer is doing the, well, maintainable thing - saying no to something that shouldn't be the job of the software at that level.