alt Hacker NewsOpen Source designers often ignore "very popular" requests because they are certain that they know better than the end user what is good for them (of course very often they are right). So that would be one possibility.
Open Source designers often ignore "very popular" requests because they are certain that they know better than the end user what is good for them (of course very often they are right). So that would be one possibility.
Do you believe that's the more likely answer in this case? Why would their choice be better than that of their users?