[development] Timing for an autocomplete patch ?

[Moshe Weitzman]

> - submit it and have it reviewed now, against current HEAD (old
> style js libs), and maybe update it along the way if the jQuery thing
> gets commited ?

this one

> 
> It fixes what i think is a serious usability issue in cck's nodereference,
> so ideally I wish it would be added to the 4.7 as well, but that might be
> against all rules ?
> 

"serious usabilility" is probably OK for 4.7. really, it depends on how well 
you can convince other developers, and the maintainer of that branch.