The problem is rather that pm-devs don't have access to all the code here, not speaking of the servers, the database or even having a test environment

There are plenty of problems...you raise very valid ones.

However, things change when we focus on solutions, not problems.

It appears that we have two gods on board - the alter-egos of jdporter and Corion. With the enthusiasm and effort of a few pmdev's coupled with the power of a couple of gods, surely we can bring about this change...