I've noticed one of the few perfect divisions of coding labor in this process: the forker can more easily write the new feature with their subject knowledge, and the maintainer can more easily integrate the new feature with their domain knowledge. They each have their own independent motivations that result in the same goal by using their complimentary skills.
I've been on both sides of that trade, and it's always much nicer when I have a counterpart.
I've noticed one of the few perfect divisions of coding labor in this process: the forker can more easily write the new feature with their subject knowledge, and the maintainer can more easily integrate the new feature with their domain knowledge. They each have their own independent motivations that result in the same goal by using their complimentary skills.
I've been on both sides of that trade, and it's always much nicer when I have a counterpart.