If you prop up "acting in good faith" as justification for behaviour, then you'll have to accept that I point out others who justify their actions in good faith. Obviously, I've pointed out the extreme end of people using that justification, but this is to show that while such arguments are used to excuse actions, not every action resulting from good intentions is actually good, at least for some of the people involved.

I don't see this conflict as "resolved" in any other way than that one of the "participants" quit. This isn't how I imagine a resolution "as well as can be expected", especially as the only result is that Perl now has no lead developer/lead visionary.