Wossa beta, then?
Disclaimer: I'm not a serious GitHub user. However, the quote carried by TFA indicates that these, umm, revisions were the subject of a "public beta". And here's me thinking that the entire purpose of a beta release is to determine the issues, prioritize them all the way from show-stopper to won't-fix, and then address that priority list until one has a decent release candidate, instead of doing the release anyway, and then "working through the issues". Maybe someone's bonus was on the line.