Hi Kristijan,
let me add my thoughts to this as well. I really appreciate the thoughts and effort you have put into your post. I can see you are passionate about improving the Linux packaging ecosystem and appreciate the concern you have on Ubuntu following the snap path and what that might do for its adoption.
As Ian mentioned, we use slow mode sometimes on topics that have potential to be heated. This actually gives more people the opportunity to post, as the holding period gives them time to respond across timezones.
The post you mentioned was split from the Ubuntu Flavor Packaging Defaults post, which at the time was quite a hot topic. While we do usually explain when a topic is closed, we don’t do so for slowed mode for reasons above. I’ll see if we can clarify that in a FAQ somewhere.
I do believe in constructive discourse and appreciate that we’ve been able to exchange our ideas. If you’re interested in turning that energy into opportunities for contribution please do let me know and I’ll see where I can find the right overlap between Ubuntu’s goals and your passion.
Philipp