I checked the talk Peter Hutterer gave on libinput back then - it is from 2014.
libei is pretty fresh¹, agreed - but I don't see how "waiting for someone to do magic" is the right approach, without any communication to at least *why* you are waiting.
¹ August 2020. That's two years back now.
And I do blame them. For many years, the comments were polite requests and encouragements.
But after 60 Months of a valid, important request getting ignored, it's the users who feel a "toxic" treatment, and respond accordingly.