A change that is only useful to you has little likelihood of being accepted upstream. Changes that are only useful to you are far more frequent than you seem to think.
Don't assume you know what I think. I've had to grapple with this issue myself many times. I've had to implement nasty workarounds because upstream rejected a trivial patch. It's a pain, but spewing about how packagers all have OCD and live in the past is hopelessly egocentric and whiny . . . and counterproductive. They do know what they're doing, and their policies generally do make sense if you consider what works across thousands of packages instead of just one. Exceptions and accommodations can be made when the benefit outweighs the cost or risk, but a case has to be made for that. Throwing a tantrum isn't making a case.