I still think that this can lead to a problem of requiring different dbal/orm layers for different modules. This is something that can get very messy very quick. Because of the community nature of Drupal, and the "plug n' play" nature of Drupal modules and site building, I believe a core dbal/orm should be defined, and everyone should be required follow that standard. This is the only way to keep consistency. Now we just have to get crell to agree :)
We need a core standard
I still think that this can lead to a problem of requiring different dbal/orm layers for different modules. This is something that can get very messy very quick. Because of the community nature of Drupal, and the "plug n' play" nature of Drupal modules and site building, I believe a core dbal/orm should be defined, and everyone should be required follow that standard. This is the only way to keep consistency. Now we just have to get crell to agree :)