Frankly this open letter reads very naive.

I'm even willing to grant that no evil intentions were behind this botched release. But the project's developers are certainly aware, that one of, if not the most important commodities in a NetSec operation is trust and transparency.

To blandly dismiss everyone's protests as "We though y'all already knew" and self-righteous indignation is beyond comprehension. As if anyone is aware of the internal long term plans of every opensource project they use...

The "We were tired" excuse, come on...

I for one am very grateful to this opensource project and can only imagine that many others feel the same way. I also imagine that the GPGSuite developers feel that their hard work isn't being appreciated and that the hours put in, for free, makes the whole operation unsustainable. But this just feels like a massive shot in the foot. Particularly in an industry where reputation is worth so much.