@kernellogger In professional work and more, blockers need to say "here is what I need in order to say `yes`" instead of just offering a blanket "no". Then, they are part of the solution rather than impeding it.
The maintainer failed this, and therefore demonstrated that this was personal to them rather than about whats best for the codebase that they maintain.
Maybe thats viable for open source projects, but it hasn't worked for me in professional settings.