Tricky. I think there's seldom, if ever, such a thing as a purely "technical issue". This is often the downfall of technocratic arguments: sure, we should have experts doing the things that are objectively "the best", but we can't really choose what's "best" without subjective judgement.

Incidentally, it's a shame that you've gotten some negative reactions to this -- I, for one, thank you for offering some more insight into the Bitcoin developers. I'm sure you have your own biases, but I doubt you set out to misrepresent things, as a few commenters grumpily allege.