Dear Tom,
In message 20201106205245.GH5340@bill-the-cat you wrote:
Sorry for the lack of feedback. I guess, I just don't know. There's at least two series now (this and Simon's setexp) where part of the feedback has been "our hush is ancient, and we should replace and keep it in sync, and add features _upstream_". That position isn't wrong. But it's not easy to do, either. I know you already said you didn't have time and wouldn't step up to do that.
This argument is not new, and I can fully understand this position, too. I'mm all to often myself in the position where the right Thing (TM) requires more efforts and/or time than what is available in the given project.
And from the maintainer's point of view, this has always been the argument to sneak in code which is a workaround at best, and which itself cements the original problem even more and makes it more difficult to solve it at the roots.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk