"Approximately the same lag as you used to get with CentOS" would seem pretty fair to me - I'm aware people grumbled about it and understandably so, but it was

"Approximately the same lag as you used to get with CentOS" would seem pretty fair to me - I'm aware people grumbled about it and understandably so, but it was still a relatively stable and relatively co-operative situation. I feel like returning to that apparent Schelling Point could quite easily be an improvement over the Red Queen's Race that I worry is developing here.