There definitely was some discussion. I’ll try to dig out some links later if I have the time. But iirc there wasn’t a huge amount of actual debate as there was a clear consensus saying pretty much exactly what you have above, ie that it’s a big improvement and they (we) want to see it rolled out more consistently and niggles addressed (eg Hellish Rebuke resetting to auto rather than ask after level up).

"You may call it 'nonsense' if you like, but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"