@Sallie Goetsch (@salliegoetsch) -Perhaps the [in-core Post Formats] UI overhaul is not finished, so needs to wait, but that doesn’t mean it’s not appropriate for core.

Mark Jaquith himself does agree:nphaskins 8:21 pm on May 29, 2013

"It seemed mostly O.K to me kinda sad to hear it was pulled out. So with it going to a plugin does this mean core will never have UI for post formats?"

Mark Jaquith 8:22 pm on May 29, 2013

"Doesn’t mean that! Pulled out to plugin with the hope of eventually reintegrating it. Much like MP6."

[emph. added]

The core team do still feel like they can, and they do intend to build Post Formats into the core. Of course, bigger teams have found their Waterloo on such projections, with more at stake. And, Core et al clearly did not see the current mugging, lurking beside their projected route.

It is always the worst, to hear of those who have blazed the route pointed to/promised by our leaders, promoting advances to students and businesses who rely upon her. Only for her to have to tell them, 'Sorry, there isn't really a path this way yet'.

Try to straddle both potential outcomes; that it may finally be stabilized in core, but that at least for awhile, it will be done via plugin. Can that be provisionally juggled? And meet the needs of your people?