@marcan That thread pissed me off. Total "perfect is the enemy of good" behaviour & lacking in respect for contributor time.
The "In 30+ years of programming..." comment really bothered me, I'd opened up my mail client to reply before deciding to not get involved.
Why accept 30+ years of bullshit rather than try to change things? "Inflicting" the crap you have/had to deal with on other contributors isn't okay IMO.
Twisting his own words, "we need to learn to swallow that, accept the patches, and move forward. Don't be discouraging"!