i don't know is it easy or difficult, but the code for HF is "freezed" two weeks ago and test net is running. and i seen some stupid code misses for hard forks when the chain was down for days. adding additional code would move the HF for more testing or maybe less testing. bug connected with funds is something i would not want to see.
i am not even sure that is the case, i think i read some post or heard in some talks that he has no strong opinion about 13 or 4 weeks powerdown, so this is my guess. and listening to hive development meetings i concluded he is not happy with adding new things after the testing is started. and i can understand that.
Ok, thanks for the info.