while I certainly agree that bug was a bit frustrating, in all that
* it happened in the first place
* it took so long to get noticed
* it took so long to merge the fix after being reported
I do feel like I should push back on the term "institutional friction." it was more of a bus factor problem; there were not enough (aka zero) maintainer eyeballs on the proposed fix. but there wasn't exactly anybody saying not to fix it, which is what I think of as friction.
* it happened in the first place
* it took so long to get noticed
* it took so long to merge the fix after being reported
I do feel like I should push back on the term "institutional friction." it was more of a bus factor problem; there were not enough (aka zero) maintainer eyeballs on the proposed fix. but there wasn't exactly anybody saying not to fix it, which is what I think of as friction.