Really? Current mainstream political shibboleths are more important than for example their stance on module versioning or on whether C code should have a right to exist?

Yes.

it seems likely that the degree of importance they accord to current mainstream political shibboleths is informative about the community's value system and decision-making process, and therefore how it will change its policy on module versioning and c code in the next few years

probably some people will think it's encouraging information, and others will think it's discouraging information, but either way it's important information

>right to exist

we must secure the existence of C code and a future for node children