@ozfiddler thank you for creating a petition to continue the process along. This, as mentioned a couple of times, is the right direction to take when wishing to implement any changes to ClassicPress.
@Blaze, here is the thread that I started to encourage threads to stay more on topic: Reminder about keeping threads on topic: Reply as linked topic. We are trying to avoid long threads that change topics multiple times as there have been in the past. I agreed with @anon71687268 closing that thread as the next step for you would have been to open a petition so we could discuss in more detail the pros and cons of such a change.