Pretty good breakdown going on here [1]. To be honest, while the chosen tool to provide the update is odd, it is one of the best post-mordems that I've seen and applaud the volunteers for taking it so seriously.

1. I wouldn't say so. Not until they're all the way through.

2. Not at the moment, but general guidance is that we should all have local gem repos that we maintain ourselves and only rely on external sources when needed. It is something I'm going to look into ASAP.

[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/10tuM51VKRcSHJtUZotraMlrM...