That's why
we should support BIP16 as soon as possible...
Actually no. This too will pass. Bitcoin is a multi-decade project, and once technical decisions are written into the blockchain they are very hard or impossible to reverse.
Hence, it's much more important for the dev team to resist artificial time pressures and focus on making the right decision for the long-term, even if they need to take longer in the short-term to fully understand the ramifications and consequences of crucial technical decisions.