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Comment by kazinator

7 years ago

Normal people who are using the software to get something done just maintain a local fork where they can fix fires as fast as they want, then treat upstreaming (if any) as a background task that is allowed to take the necessary time.

E.g. numerous GNU/Linux distros maintain local patches for numerous packages: kernel, gcc, glibc, ... Some of these take years to get upstreamed, if at all.

The problem is that this process doesn't work so well for people who just want to leave their imprint on that project (that one and only official project, not their private fork).

Saying I'm not going to use this as my main tool if I can't have a more or less free reign in shaping the destiny of its one and only official version comes across as a bit of an infantile tantrum.

You clearly didn't read even my post you're replying to, nevermind being aware of the rest of the story/context.