It looks like Daniel Gustafsson, Andres, and Tom have all weighed in on this patch with at least a neutral comment (+-0 from Andres :)
It looks like the main concern was breaking physical replicas and that there was consensus that as long as single-user mode worked that it was ok? So maybe it's time after 2 1/2 years to get this one committed? -- Gregory Stark As Commitfest Manager