But anyway, this is how we got to the point of Hickey writing this post:
- Heavy Clojure User received bunch of feedback from friends and colleagues asking why something hasn't been fixed yet in Clojure core
- Heavy Clojure User sees that bunch of stuff hasn't been fixed, so they take it on themselves to fix these issues and submit patches
- The workflow of "Submit patch -> Have Hickey review it and deny it -> Make changes -> Wait for Hickey again -> etc etc" was too slow for the Heavy Clojure User
- So Heavy Clojure User made their post describing "How to contribute to Clojure", blaming the core team for not working tightly enough with the community and spending enough time reviewing/accepting patches
- Hickey publishes this post titled "Open Source is Not About You" not entirely aimed at "Heavy Clojure User" but the community at large, while still being a reaction to that post by Heavy Clojure User
- Heavy Clojure User apologizes for the initial post, for tying Clojure with their own identity and explains a period of self-reflection has begun.