We have these: http://drupal.org/node/109037 move users.access into its own table http://drupal.org/node/100301 Tidy up the path alias sql problem http://drupal.org/node/78503 use mysql merge tables for log tables http://drupal.org/node/65017 Set cached pages to more reasonable age (helps with performance as the searchbots will hammer you less) http://drupal.org/node/55516 Remove database locking If I get a pledge on any of them from core committers that they will get in this time, then I will reroll, add comments, minor tweaks, ensure code style -- as needed to get into core. I will *not*, however, fight for the concepts. I do not have time for that. Regards, NK