[dfgdfg34545456]

>Let's not paint pet projects black.

I don't follow. Where did I do this?

[Drakim]

> It does smell like someone's pet project.

"Smell" has negative connotations in English. If you say that "this code smells" it means it's bad, and likewise it's very easy to read your "It does smell like" as you meaning it's a bad thing.

[dfgdfg34545456]

Thank you for the English lesson, but it's a big leap from this supposed connotation to "painting pet projects black".

[mpalmer]

Not so great a leap; every part of your comment implies you think they made a strange decision going the route of using someone's pet project.