> there's this common back-and-forth round-trip between the contributor and maintainer, which is just delaying things.

Delaying what?

Merging code

There would be no merge if there isn't a PR in the first place.

	▲	pclowes 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This isn’t about the PR. This is about the back-and-forth. If the maintainer authors every PR they don’t have to waste time talking with other people about their PR.