GRF Spec extension impedance mismatch

 

In no particular order

 

* not many devs familiar with grf spec

* so designing and reviewing can be hard

* some of the requests are misguided

* interacting with newgrf authors can involve blah blah politics

* but sometimes multiple misguided requests point the way to one solid spec extension

* nobody writes nfo any more, so very few grf devs actually understand the action0/1/2/3 spec, even less 6/7/9/D

* nml is easy to patch, but the inertia of having both patched openttd and patched nml is high

* maintaining wiki docs without fragmenting wiki docs :(

* getting test grfs is a PITA (see 'nobody writes nfo any more')

* testing some grf features requires savegames, but these break frequently due to openttd / grf changes