Regarding manual claims, since everything will be processed before exchanges, what's the rush?
It is not about "a rush" it is that when you still don't have your IOTA in your wallet you are not 100% confident that you really have your IOTA...
Furthermore David said 2 weeks ago that manual claims will be processed in few days, since that there is absolutely no news.
So just talking for me, I am not in the hurry but more communication about the delay would have been really appreciated, even if devs are busy, a 1 minute post on the thread would have been welcome, especially that some of manual claim have donation included, like mine, so I guess asking for a little post about the situation is not asking too much.