Don't give them too much credit, they responded to other comments clearly referring to the developers' comments on twitter about his technical motivations. He's just backtracking now due to your comment.
replyI meant the developers motivation with "whiny baby" and I take the point that this was over the top and I could’ve found better words.
replyBut I meant that my comment is "politics-based and not technical", because the gut feeling is more based on my reading of soft factors than it is from in-depth technical analysis of everything involved.