[richmarr]

Totally understandable, but I don't think project owners/maintainers behave quite as rationally as you're presenting here. 'Important', 'style issues', 'improper' and 'large project' are open to interpretation and ego comes into play.

Edit: Not saying PR authors behave perfectly rationally either. Sometimes it's kids in long trousers failing to share their toys, and in the end "my ball my rules" wins.