The discussion about Flow that I referened is currently happening on Lila's talk page on Meta. Would you like to join the conversation there? The discussion there might get more staff attention than Wikimedia-l. (I hear a number of staff avoid Wikimedia-l because they find the tone to be hostile and/or because the volume is more than they can handle.)
By the way, staff reasoning may be quite different than mine. You may want to ask Lila about her current thinking. It would also be nice if Wes would engage in public.
Thanks,
Pine