I totally get that. In my opinion it does however indicate whether the plugin is maintained properly or if it s a bit rough around the edges, since it did not work as the post said it id. Only after I did another update of Discourse did it work. To me it does have value knowing whether a fix is a fix is a fix - or, if it is somehow not given the “official” stamp.
But moving right along to my topic - what is the best way of handling this situation ? A pm as I and Simon suggest in his link: