Hello Bill,
I can't speak for mast, but there were a few minor things I wanted to do to make the work I did (on ssl in particular) seem "complete". It's not a big deal, I can either add them to a future release of 7.6 or wait for 8.0
I'll take notes and keep track of this stuff if anyone wants to start listing items...
To start things off, I'll add my big item:
- Add callback for SSL module to inform calling application of faults in
certificate chain and allow calling application to override faults.
There is also this thread related problem in SSL.
I agree with you that someone holding the leadership at least for fixing deadline and communication among developers is a good thing.
/ David