After reading most of the comments I decided to also leave my reply on this as I expect people would already waited for that one ?. But to me serious, I have been a really active contributor and I assume my situation are above the average here. So I thought about sharing my opinion on things.

So as some of you people already know, my history with WordPress hasn't been always the good. Something that changed after 3.5 where I had a difference of opinion on how to deal with something. However I never saw it as US vs THEM. That is something I find unhealthy and never give you the right solutions.

I may have taken things personal as well as the people dealing with me. In this case I spent around 200 hours of my own time on that release. I felt I wasn't heard and keep bringing it up a few times. It is something I have learned to deal better with in the recent year.

And this is something that we all including the core team should not forget as well. Peoples expectations and experience aren't the same as yours. And to have a talk with someone earlier in the stage will prevent major issues later. Not saying it would be for me but saying thing direct towards me is better then avoiding to talk about it. But this is a culture thing in the end as this will be the opposite of other cultures.

Last example, in November I got uninvited to the WordPress community summit but it was restored and I got invited again. Also some people from the core team said that they felt sorry about the situation. Which is good to hear because it does help to reflect the idea that it is US vs THEM.

I always keep contributing back some of my time except I missed 4.6 ? and I keep contributing more of my time now again. I surely disagree with things some of the people have done. And that is totally fine as you simply can't agree with everything but as long as the discussion is a healthy one, to me that is not #wpdrama.