Hi Charles! An alternative conclusion might be that contributions are actively and promptly reviewed by multiple maintainers, and that they provide feedback where appropriate.

This has been my personal experience, and useful changes are typically merged promptly if no concerns are found.

This particular PR introduces a couple of errors, but it also helpfully raises the bigger question of whether `doc/README` is even helpful/accurate any more, especially given that it instructs users to use `configure` while `README.md` advocates `acprep`. Hopefully @enderw88 or @jwiegley can answer that particular question.