I'm happy to hear that Mr RodrÃguez is working at the FSF :)
I'm pretty proud to be a Trisquel user myself and it is the my first free as
in freedom project that I helped to develop but I have to agree on some
aspects:
1- We have a relatively long cue of contributions that are there waiting for
someone to accept or deny them since 2 or 3 months ago.
2- Communication with the leader is rare and coveted, which means that you
can work on something a little bit risky only for being denied later by the
nature of the contribution. This possibility exists but I've never
experienced it myself.
On the other hand I want to add that:
1- Normally, the contributions not accepted in the first placed use to be
discussed and negotiated for improvements for making another "merge request".
2- Other members on the development's mailing list use to give help rapidly.
Cheers :)