Please everyone calm down. From scanning this conversation, it looks like the main technical substance is that a commit exposed some symbols wrongly, and the layering of the functionality may need to be improved. Or something like that. (Exactly what the technical issues are, is not the point of this email.)
** This is not a crisis. ** There was no need for anyone to insinuate that this constitutes a great disaster, either technically or procedurally. This is just routine development. Problems have been pointed out, which is all that was needed; now please let Stefan address them and refrain from making even more of a mountain out of this molehill. Thank you. - Julian