I perfectly see that MDB_VL32 is the superior as a feature. On the other
hand I'm a bit worried that it may hold up LMDB development for use cases
you refer to as obsolete yourself.
While there are workarounds for this particular bug (which we applied), I
wouldn't be surprised if MDB_VL32 still needs some stabilization after it
will be officially released to get real exposure in the real world. Also,
for future changes, the MDB_VL32 "fork" will have to be adjusted as well.