It's good to know that's what it looks like. I can tell you that the shouting did not really influence the decision. Long-time Go contributors and supporters commenting quietly or emailing me privately had far greater influence.
So as a person who just started programming Go and made some good technical comments didn't matter at all. Only people with clout has mattered, and the voice had to come from the team itself. Otherwise we the users' influence is "fuck all" (sorry, my blood boils every time I read this comment from Russ).
Sorry. Was at dinner. It's Russ Cox. Being hungry and in a hurry doesn't help with remembering names.
The GitHub discussion is there: https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/58409
but the words I of Russ I cited is here: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/73vJrjQTU1M/m/WKj7p...
Copying verbatim:
So as a person who just started programming Go and made some good technical comments didn't matter at all. Only people with clout has mattered, and the voice had to come from the team itself. Otherwise we the users' influence is "fuck all" (sorry, my blood boils every time I read this comment from Russ).