Enthusiasm is not a substitute for pragmatics; all the other contributors are just as enthusiastic, but they know their patches are not entitled to merger with the main tree willy nilly, without there being a very good reason.

This reminds me of P.G.Wodehouse's stories, where you'll occasionally find a victim being dragooned into judging a 'Bonny Baby' contest.

This sort of soul-crush usually means more quality employee fodder for Google & Facebook.