In this specific case? Yes, maintaining a private fork is straightforward. Yay git! We’re pinned to a specific version anyway for reasons.

It doesn’t bother me at all. That’s the joy of open source. I’ve got access to the source, I can fix bugs and add features if I want to. The project may not want my patches but I don’t need them to accept my patches in order to accomplish my goals. Like you said, it’s one of the things I’m allowed to do.

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