I like the dev-rate too. The nice slow, feature by feature temptation that is dev-log always gets me excited.
If I could live forever, and the next version literally never came out, I could still just lay around and enjoy the dev-log.
It's always so interesting and Toady is so damn genius!
But I just got a really sweet idea, that would give us a whole new way to mess with the water physics system and
considering what is already in the game wouldn't take very long to add in.
What if there was a workshop you could build next to a water source, (a pump may be required for its construction)
which could use one barrel, reduce the adjacent water tile value by 2 and leave you with a water-filled barrel?
Then you could store your water in stock piles, or carry it between forts, or If you live in the desert, buy it from elves.
Also, you could "build" one of these barrels somewhere, then have your dwarf "activate it" similar to a lever. It would then be replaced by the amount of water supposedly in it.
Tell me this doesn't sound like tons of fun/strange projects waiting to happen.
Also, the amount of water stored per barrel (I'm guessing 2 would be reasonable) is subject to argument.
EDIT: Also, it would be a good way to refill limited wells or reservoirs.
EDIT: Ooh, ooh! Imagine if you could build a lot of them over open space and hook them all up to a lever!
I doubt this will get implemented, or at least not soon. But I really like the idea.