Open source, by it's very nature, is based on Liberty.

It places control and decision maiking in the hands of the many.

For Liberty to work, the people need input.

Slavishly conforming to a devs ideas without critical analysis and without public approval is just more slavery in a fancy package.

So the devs themsleves really need to get involved, listen to the people, so they can accomodate the viewpoints of others and produce a shining star.

No system is ever going to be perfect, that's silly.  

Perfect societies, ie Utopias, are doomed to extinction because they have no room to evolve and grow because perfection has already been acheived and can't be improved upon.

Nature, even after 4.5 billion years,  is still working out where the hell to go!  Because nature does not seek perfection, it seeks growth.