[oofbey]

Well it would get vastly more popular if it was officially endorsed. Do you want lots of people using it?

[pwdisswordfishy]

Why is that important?

[oofbey]

Most humans like external validation. Having other people use what they've built is a common metric of validation in open source software. Economically, these metrics can be used as credentials for things like job applications or consideration in joining groups.

[poly2it]

Because you get changes upstreamed.