I wonder if this is largely a practical issue -- I've seen people waiting over a year for everything to get sorted out ( for example https://gcc.gnu.org/piperma

I wonder if this is largely a practical issue -- I've seen people waiting over a year for everything to get sorted out ( for example https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-April/235288.html https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-April/235288.html ), that's just not reasonable.