Gnucash and SQL backend - viable?

[Jose Juan Gonzalez Alonso]

In Wed Jul 2 15:47:30 CDT 2003 Derek Atkins wrote...

> The SQL code does not support any of the new-in-1.8 features (which
> includes Scheduled Transactions and all the Business Features).  It is
> stable otherwise, but it means you cannot use it for a business.
> Work is underway to fix the SQL, but it's taking time (the author
> has real-life priorities higher than GnuCash -- imagine that!).

What about this theme? 
Is there any work in this direction? 
How viable it is that another people can collaborate in this sense with the project?

Regards,