I think it would have been interesting to see FatELF included. While I can understand that lines have to be drawn somewhere, it didn't sound like this was very thoroughly examined before being rejected. On the other hand, at least they had a chance to talk about it.
One thing he says at the end:
Open source is a lot more gratifying when you are working on your own project. Contributing to other projects? Not so much fun, it turns out.
It definitely sucks to have a bad experience. But it's probably like switching jobs, your experience depends on the co-workers and the management; some environments are just better than others. Hopefully he won't generalize too much and decide against contributing in the future.
One thing he says at the end:
Open source is a lot more gratifying when you are working on your own project. Contributing to other projects? Not so much fun, it turns out.
It definitely sucks to have a bad experience. But it's probably like switching jobs, your experience depends on the co-workers and the management; some environments are just better than others. Hopefully he won't generalize too much and decide against contributing in the future.