I reacted on Luke's answer yesterday but I kept thinking about this all.
[...] I went out of my way to be positive and friendly in my response, but I was concerned that your benchmark results would kill my library's chances in review, which they very nearly did. [...]
Luke, I want to make my apologies about all those benchmarks, explicitly. Since last day, realizing your feelings, your real feelings, I'm convinced now that I should not have published them during your review. I regret this, and I want to apologize now. I measured things; however, a week ago you opened my eyes, that within a night the reverse could be measured. Having read your open message, I first didn't believe you, honestly, but after your answer I started to feel the threat you must have felt. We wanted to be open with you, convince you and invite you, very true, but all that together was unfortunate. I did not realize that because you stayed friendly, as you've written. But now I'm feeling very sorry about this all. When your review was there, I first didn't want to vote but in the end I did. I voted mainly based on my own benchmarks. But they can be reversed. My description was way too explicit and inappropriate. I apologize for that too. I would wish, if that would have been possible, to retract my no-vote and all the objections I did express. I was surprised, and I really appreciate, that you didn't mirror that, you voted for accepting our library, with reservations, but in an impartial way. Yesterday I wrote that we should go on and you accepted that immediately. Thanks for that, great, and again, I'm feeling very sorry. Best regards, Barend