> But if you want to become the "Hot New Framework", one of the ones that all the devs talk about, one that will be picked by teams across the world, with all of the clout, prestige, speaker invitations to conferences and whatnot that will get you, I'm sorry, you need to hold your end of the bargain.

This part goes without saying. If some maintainer does not want to do this, the framework will not become popular.