I am glad you have shown yourself to be mature enough to retain your modifications here on this site for the use of the general public
As for your queries about the hack database, no need to go further with that; Marco has already given estimates of completion for when this site goes to 3.6
And for what it's worth, I don't believe that is the opinion of the staff; It may be the opinion of individuals but I know that as a Staff member, that is not my opinion; Perhaps part of the entire grand scheme of problems is that all Staff are generalised as one entity instead of the inviduals that they are?
As a Staff member, and previously as a Community member, when something goes wrong, it is "The Staff" that get blamed for it, as a whole; We are individuals, we make mistakes, and it's this attitude of blaming "The Staff" for everything that also needs to change
Chris