It’s uncommon, but not unheard of, for a GitHub issue to spark an uproar.  That happened over the past month or so as the WHATWG (Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, which I still say should have called themselves a Task Force instead) issue “Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?” was opened, debated, and eventually locked once the comment thread started spiraling into personal attacks.  Other discussions have since opened, such as a counterproposal to update XSLT in the ...