Not sure what you're talking about, because the issues in question, #127 and #1000, are open.

> you basically told them to go away on Github

Quite the opposite [1]:

"I would consider a clean, well written, and well tested PR for websocket-only support in Signal. I expect it to have high battery consumption and an unreliable user experience, but would be fine with it if it comes with a warning and only runs in the absence of play services."

[1] https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...