People who do work for themselves and share it with other people donโt do work for other people, big shocker.
Like, seriously, if your Neighbor makes a cake and shares it with you, do you also ask them โthatโs nice but can you next time make [cake i like]?โ? no! you say thank you and youโre grateful someone is sharing their hard work with you!
People who do work for themselves
Did you notice that I said โmerge requestโ earlier? Your neighbours were kindly helping you to make a cake and you responded to their kindness with GTFO.
If your code isnโt up to par, or your feature isnโt relevant enough and doesnโt fit โthe visionโ, itโs correct to deny it. On top of diluting the project contributed code add a maintainership cost that the random contributor will probably not be footing.
Accept everything in your cake and tomorrow itโll be an inedible mess that nobody wants. Itโs ok for software to be aimed at different people.