For clarification: with new features we mainly refer to new functions/parameters to configuration file or rpc commands as well as how the configuration file is interpreted. Reworking a part of code in a module is not always a new feature, to be discussed from case to case, evaluating the impact on the other modules.
I understand where the problem is with large dbtext tables + pkg memory and that this can be a fix. I am fine with merging and backporting.