Was there really confusion? I thought it was pretty clear they were just saying "we're overwhelmed right now, please hold on while we catch up".
But I guess people be people.
But I guess people be people.
Here's the commit that has the information: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/commit/6562466c32a875...
And if you follow the link in the comment there, that brings you to the blog post from about a week ago: https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/terraform-community-contribut...
Regardless, not having the manpower or not prioritizing community contributions is an interesting situation that hasn't been seen much in the past before. I wonder why it is that they can't find the necessary manpower not to have this problem. Is it a matter of priorities? Or of the job market? Or employee related expenses?
The last year or two I've noticed a pretty sharp uptick of demanding, unreasonable people berating you for taking too much time or otherwise being rude or offensive if they don't get their way.
This is probably a contributing factor.