>OP should have disclosed the potential issues to the community as soon as he became conclusively aware of them.
Sure, but that's ideal. In practice, humans frequently delay or completely forgo sounding the alarm when there's a problem. Having not raised concerns immediately isn't out of the ordinary; for myriad of reasons, it occurs everyday.
So instead of rebuking the author, consider _why_ it wasn't immediately brought to the community's attention (or maybe it was, but not to the degree we see here)
Sure, but that's ideal. In practice, humans frequently delay or completely forgo sounding the alarm when there's a problem. Having not raised concerns immediately isn't out of the ordinary; for myriad of reasons, it occurs everyday.
So instead of rebuking the author, consider _why_ it wasn't immediately brought to the community's attention (or maybe it was, but not to the degree we see here)