> It's of course work to do, and I'm not super motivated to send them that patch, and there's the question of it it would be merged
That's my issue; he calls for people to send patches, but anyone capable of writing such a patch is also probably going to see that he's not positive on the matter, and that his "patches welcome" is really pretty passive aggressive in this instance. At least, that's how it comes off to me. I would expect that, should I submit such a patch, it would simply be rejected on the basis that "it is not a general solution".
That's my issue; he calls for people to send patches, but anyone capable of writing such a patch is also probably going to see that he's not positive on the matter, and that his "patches welcome" is really pretty passive aggressive in this instance. At least, that's how it comes off to me. I would expect that, should I submit such a patch, it would simply be rejected on the basis that "it is not a general solution".