Why is `scope` planned for deprecation?

[ixid via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 11 November 2014 at 15:29:49 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> But this is very complicated topic and may take years to fly.

The ship will have sailed by the time it's ready to fly 
(gloriously mixed metaphors), this would seem like such a 
fundamental issue with a big knock-on effect on everything else 
that it should surely be prioritized higher than that? I am aware 
you're not the one setting priorities. =)