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I don't think we should scratch PDO, I'd prefer providing wrapper procedures in sed_sql_* style. This way we get rid of the dilemma of MySQL PHP extensions (there are currently 3 of them: mysql, mysqli and mysqlnd; a choice between them is not trivial and is host-dependent) and also save PDO benefits for those who really want to use PDO.

As for prefixes, it isn't really such a waste of time. It's the easiest thing in plugin conversion really, because it can be done in 2 clicks with an editor which has "find and replace in files" function or with CDT.

So, rather than backporting big things like i18n and caching from Siena to Genoa, I'd like to make Siena more friendly to Genoa developers. I didn't dedicate enough much time to it before, but now that we know that it is necessary, I can significantly improve compatibility. So far this would include the following goals:

• Add support for Genoa/Seditio plugins by default. Surely not all of them will work, but I think 80% is a reasonable part.
• Provide procedural database API.
• Relaunch TPL tags database.

If you think that it is a good idea, we can find other drawbacks in Siena and add more goals to this list and then add it to our roadmap on Github.