This line is always ludicrous because it doesn’t play in literally any other volunteering scenario. In a previous life I coordinated volunteers. You better believe that I still held them to a standard and told them their time was better spent elsewhere if they didn’t want to play by the rules. “But they’re volunteering!” Is a uniquely open source contributor mindset that only seeks to perpetuate some nerd’s weird fiefdom. The reality is that for some people, they’re just…fine not getting paid with money, because what they’re really after is something to control.
At the end of the day the volunteer is a volunteer for the Debian project (not KeepassXC or others) and doing what is deemed right for the Debian project. I agree volunteers should be held to a high standard, although I suspect in this case the volunteer is maintaining Debian's high standards. As a Debian user the volunteer's decision seems in line with Debian's ethos.
