There are 54 comments, with most touching around the edges of issues with WordPress. There is the desire for backwards compatibility with PHP, lack of pure OO design, need for modularity, and focus on GPL. Users really don't care about any of those issues.

Users care about speed, lack of ability to write a post from their phone, quickly uploading images from their phone, comments that are dynamic and refresh, alerts and conversations available between friends, and being able to quickly like someone else's comments. WordPress core lacks all of those features - it's almost like WordPress developers are back 5 years ago in time.

But what always surprises me is when someone hates a criticism then out pops the typical two replies -- (1) people volunteer, (2) build your own. No - how about you listen to the criticisms and use them to build a better product?

This is really a dilemma - so why not split the WordPress core - and start a WordPress 5.0 on Github. Continue development on WP 4.2 but start fresh with 5.0. Get started and stop dwelling.

In WordPress 5.0:

(1) Innovate on the code side by moving the core to OO, and provide modular loading so an admin can easily turn on and off features from the admin panel settings. The redux framework has a nice slider look rather than checkboxes - use it. Forget PHP 5.2 and embrace PHP 7 (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php7timeline) ...

(2) Innovate on the feature side: improve comments, improve login authentication so people don't have to create accounts all the time to comment as well as have comments create alerts and refresh when new posts are made. Let admin easily upload photos from their phone without an app. Let users interact through follows, conversations, and alerts. Also - get rid of that nasty Toolbar and incorporate the links as a slider off to the side or dropped from the top.

Just my two cents.