I'm sorry that happened. We had a bunch of vacations on our team back-to-back (I'm on iOS) and I think that we're just backlogged with the queue. Send me an email (contact info on my HN profile) and I will try to get it moved along.
You are right that we should have let you know -- sorry for that.
Not complaining or anything, but it would be good to set the expectation straight beforehand.