[notamy]

Perhaps something like

> Start making feature

> People hype it up

> Feature gets scrapped

> Angry mob

[derimagia]

You can solve that by having feature branches and not promises repos to be up to date. I mean saying it trails even 6 months or more behind is a lot better than nothing.

[spicyj]

They say they did that and it turned out to be a pain.

[msq]

Developing every busy application with multiple branches is a pain. Sounds like a cheap excuse.

As summarized on r/programming:

> Translation: We needed you guys back then. We don't now.