been on holiday, so missed the last few posts.
My Module is not an general release as it was written in a couple of days to solve some very big shortcoming in this module for an urgent project my company got involved with. I posted the code as there are people whos projects are going wrong due to the short comings of this module, which is why I am hoping that with a new team formed it can quickly move on and fill the gaps.
The secuirty warning about database access is total correct - I was in discussion with people about how to take this forward to avoid sql injection attacks etc I have also since then learnt that the core team does not allow direct access - fine thats the point of have a team lead who is aware of things like this. I'm posting this as the warning looks like i had not considered this fact although I accept it needs to be stated.
If the new team could post there development roadmap when ever they have come up with a plan then everybody can make a judgement about if to wait and what to expect.. 
Simon