There are many reasons, but one is that few people in the technical community support a somewhat rushed hard fork that does nothing but increase the block size

There are many reasons, but one is that few people in the technical community support a somewhat rushed hard fork that does nothing but increase the block size a bit. There are plenty of other things that would be great to clean up if a hard fork is to be deployed. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardfork_Wishlist https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardfork_Wishlist