I would have thought that it would have been particularly important for this to have been open to review and critique from the start given GitHub's status and i

I would have thought that it would have been particularly important for this to have been open to review and critique from the start given GitHub's status and importance to the wider community. Heck, even Microsoft is developing new .Net components in the open. Would have been nice to have had debate on existing solutions to weigh the pros/cons.