Agree - the miner support now is nearly 95% if you include those signalling /NYA/ - at which point a hardfork is very safe - especially if BitcoinCore got behind it as that would drag the user base with it - and that would allow them to retain their control of the codebase - just with a slight bloody nose. Am sure as soon a 2Meg block happens BTC1 will shutdown with a job-done sign.
Who is brave enough to submit that pull request on GitHub!
What I am really hoping - I know, most probably wishful thinking - is that Core and the NYA guys/miners/businesses sit down and negotiate a "better" hardfork. With more time for preparation (mid-to-late 2018) and more features that can be included, but with official Core team support. There seem to be many interesting technologies that could make Bitcoin even more scalable and fix some annoying bugs that need a hardfork,
This "Hardfork wishlist" seems a bit outdated. Does someone know a better one?