[adastra22]

I am both an open source maintainer and contributor. This is absolutely despicable behavior. You are purposefully wasting the time of a contributor for no other reason than your own fear of saying “no.”

If you’re not going to merge something, just ficking say so.

[xigoi]

Wasting the time of someone who put no effort whatsoever into their work and wants you to put in a lot of effort? Fine by me.

[thunderfork]

If you've read the thread, the strategy you're replying to is about a workplace scenario where outright rejection is, for whatever reason, forbidden; not an open source situation where "no" is readily available.

[adastra22]

It makes even less sense in a work context either. This behavior will permanently alienate this user & potential customer. I’ve seen this exact scenario play out many times before.