Thank you Kovid - that was the tenor of response I was hoping for. I have not and am not advocating that you should reverse your decision.
As an active member here I like to think I can contribute to calibre by helping users with their 'problems', and by explaining why 'such and such' is so. The latter is quite often via PM, using non technical language and analogy - on this one I've been 'stuck for words'.
As with all things the furore and disgruntlement will fade and we can look forward to calibre V3
BR
...through the long procession of days before us, and through the long evenings; we shall patiently bear the trials that fate imposes on us...
Anton Chekov - Uncle Vanya