This might be a bad argument. It's like a couple planning on having children making the decision where to live. Them saying "the kids aren't here, so let's buy this child-unfriendly place that we might have to pay off for 2 decades" would be self-sabotage.
If Kernel maintainers don't let their future plans influence their current decisions, then they're throwing away the benefit of foresight and potentially sabotaging those future plans.
Now 3 years later, the property market is horrible so you'd sell at a loss, your first child is on the way and you're worried about the 23th floor apartment that you bought that's far from child-care facilities and playgrounds.
If Kernel maintainers don't let their future plans influence their current decisions, then they're throwing away the benefit of foresight and potentially sabotaging those future plans.
Now 3 years later, the property market is horrible so you'd sell at a loss, your first child is on the way and you're worried about the 23th floor apartment that you bought that's far from child-care facilities and playgrounds.