I also think directing toasts delegate pay to two hard workers is a honorable / strategic move... wasn't aware that thread got removed though, so I don't know if that is still the case? If the sore spot is GUI and usability, then giving those guys a little more pay is a good move. Also consider they did not necessarily receive the same type of bonuses as the core devs.
If BTS Music is going to launch on time in March, I would assume it also relies on a stable 1.0 version. So I would not feel so threatened by it. I think toast helping them out when the time came has been the plan now for a while... I remember talking to cob about it at the Vegas conference. It was probably also assumed that 1.0 would be done by now, but estimates aren't always accurate, and things do come up / shit happens.
Lastly, even though it may not seem like there is much activity going on in the repo this week, it is definitely possible that some devs do a lot of work locally before organizing and syncing their commits into github, I think theoretical mentioned that was his typical workflow.
Another thing to keep in mind is, some problems are trickier than others, and require more nuance and care. Lines of code isn't a great metric to measure by when it comes to software. I would be concerned if the "dry spell" kept up for a couple weeks straight.