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Folks don't understand how open source contributions work. If you want a feature, you don't come and say "make me this feature". Instead, you open a PR and ask for it to get merged.
Folks don't understand how community conferences work. If you want something to happen in the conference, you don't come and say "make this happen for me". Instead, you say "I want to volunteer and do this for your conference".
@mariatta Sorry, as an open source maintainer myself I can't say I entirely agree with your statement.
I understand the sentiment, but telling users: "don't ask for features, just create a PR" completely bypasses the fact that not everyone is *able* to create a PR. (for whatever reason)
If you'd have said something like
"don't *demand* a feature" or
"*ask* for a feature with expecting anything"..
Sure! 100%! 
@chaosmonkey @mariatta it's actually, if you want a feature, hire a developer (who might be the original author) to create a PR.
@chaosmonkey @mariatta depends on the kind of software. Linux desktop apps are pretty difficult to attract funds. Specialized service software has usually companies interested in their development.