The reason many PRs get submitted is that many of them just aren't good. Over time, having to deal with formatting issues, way too many commits in a PR that cha

The reason many PRs get submitted is that many of them just aren't good. Over time, having to deal with formatting issues, way too many commits in a PR that change random files, solutions to things that are really important but not done in a foward thinking way. Great PRs when done right are a wonderful thing, but the reality is that the majority of them are not great and this takes a tax on the developer. What us OSS devs can do to help fix this is be very clear about PR protocol: ONE commit, change ONE thing. Code changes should have a unit test. And then make sure we are either merging or closing PRs for active projects.