This supports my point. My point is that Gittip is irrelevant and there's no reason to believe it will become relevant. If it were a technical problem and yet h

This supports my point. My point is that Gittip is irrelevant and there's no reason to believe it will become relevant. If it were a technical problem and yet had reached its current level of success, I would think that if they fixed their technical problems, it might become relevant. Since it's a non-technical problem (social problem, positioning problem), how to fix it is unknown. The quickest path would very likely involve tearing the whole thing down and starting over again.