[still giving]

No r-a-y …. it is not a BBpress issue. It is a Buddypress issue.

Why have so many of the default features, and admin tools/backend, been removed from the Buddypress installation of BBpress and is there an “official” roadmap for when they might be re-added?

It is a Buddypress issue because it is about what Buddypress will or will not become.

Is it going to mature into a proper social network/discussion forum, with the features average users have come to expect, or are we just guinea pigs for some feature that may or may not one day make it into WordPress.com?