I propose this for the sake of ending the arguments:
Step 1, appoint someone trustworthy and knowledgable to dig into this problem. Perfarbly someone who is pro all camps.
Step 2, find all tangable solutions (fix component, use alternative etc)
Step 3, find someone inside or outside the community with the time and talent to fix and maintain component (and not take forever doing so)
Step 4, ask if a bounty will do. If yes then
Step 5, open up a bounty
If it's Fab, Deadwood and/or Kas1e, all the better.
My 2 cents.