The only reason I requested a reopening is because the other question had an accepted answer and it did not appear as if the author would make their question broader. Narrow question and accepted answer, to me, means 'not likely to get more comprehensive answers'.
I do wonder what point there is to merge in the first place, however. The second question had no answers to merge, nor are the comments relevant to the question in the first place.
Edit: Looks like others are looking for more definite answers as well... (Tzenes approved it, but I'm not sure he's aware of this meta thread.)