Yeah, the way things are right now, I'd have to wonder, if Axl said "FUCK NO", would even that stop the reunion rumors? People would probably keep saying he was holding out for the right time to reveal the news...
In this case Axl would have to provide the plan ahead in addition to just deny the rumors. Then the reunion talk would probably die out..
It could be the reason why there haven't been any comments yet. There's no alternate plan at the moment..
Or there could be a tentative plan, or plans at present-
the fallout from the last tentative announcement would certainly not be conducive to NOT announcing another tentative plan, and waiting until everything was in stone.