I understand it is a low cost procedure and something that can be done pretty easy from your post. The issue I have with doing it now is the perception is that it is a last minute item added that has the potential to adversely effect the way things have been done. HF 25 is and should still be about stabilizing and solidifying the foundational layer, not about trying to do something last minute that seem to be an attempt to appease someone.

If something, anything goes wrong it will not matter how small the issue is with the fork, any and all likely complaints will be focused on the last minute agenda type items added.

I would urge staying with foundational repair and solidification. HF 26 can be the fork that alters and makes changes to the reward, distribution and financial system. Right now for me this proposed change is no different than an American Politician adding pork to a bill that it has no reason to be in.

Tuesday when I listened to the posted dev show from @howo, it was mentioned that Friday the code freeze may be implemented and testing to begin next week. Even though the Idea has been bandied about over the past few months or years, it has not really been presented as a possible change to the financial side of Hive until two days before a code feed.

How does will this look to an outsider thinking of investing when for the last 5 plus months all talk of HF 25 has been about the foundation, and two days before code freeze this change is proposed?

If it was put to a vote to include I would vote no. Not because the proposed change is bad, it may be a good thing, but last minute additions to any proposal has the appearance of appeasement to an individual. This could have been implemented anytime in the past year as a soft fork of HF 24. There is already plans for a soft fork shortly after implementing HF 25 for RC changes, if needed and desired so much from people save it for that RC soft fork.