An implementation of FreeBSD sensor framework[0] suffered a similar fate/criticism -- it was incorporated as a GSoC project (ported from OpenBSD iirc), and presented at BSDCan but happened to be ripped out just before (again, iirc) the presentation[1]... and phk[2] said (roughly) that "'good enough' is the enemy of 'good'", which as a phrase is simple, catchy, and worth remembering (I obviously did). The discourse around things like engineering decisions in the *BSD camps is mostly civilized, and a treat to witness...

[0] https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan08-sensors.pdf

[1] I attended the BSDCan this was presented at, and sat close to phk and witnessed the exchanges about the technical merits, problems, "'good enough' vs 'good'", but am recalling from memory.

[2] Poul-Henning Kamp, https://twitter.com/bsdphk