It was me.
From other endeavors in life, it is a fact that more eyes are better than less eyes as long communication of what is seen and experienced is passed along appropriately. While banned folks cannot access the BBS directly, it isn't a stretch at all to say the few PNG I know would pass along bugs to people that do have access to the BBS. Even if they didn't pass it along, I couldn't imagine any harm would come of it especially when any new version would generate excitement, enthusiasm, applause, respect, and admiration for the game and it's developers.
I thought it was kept off the front page so new subscribers who do not know the game wouldn't try to "help". It didn't even cross my mind to think seasoned, experienced AHers would be excluded.
My apologies.