Why almost all recent issues (patches) were neglected?!

I've installed the previous -dev version (in December), and I've had to apply a bunch of patches to make it more or less work... I am comparing now the last -dev version (February 14, 2009) with it, and there are only a few changes, as below:

1. spam.module:

--- spam/spam.module.OLD	2008-12-25 06:42:09.000000000 +0100
+++ spam/spam.module		2009-02-13 17:36:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-// $Id: spam.module,v 1.51.4.1.2.41.2.30.2.1 2008/12/25 05:42:09 jeremy Exp $
+// $Id: spam.module,v 1.51.4.1.2.41.2.30.2.3 2009/02/13 16:36:05 jeremy Exp $
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -1712,12 +1712,12 @@ function spam_links($type, $id, $content
  */
 function spam_mark_as_spam($type, $id, $extra = array()) {
   // TODO: Fix this loop
-  static $loop = FALSE;
-  if ($loop) {
+  static $loop = array();
+  if (isset($loop[$id])) {
     spam_log(SPAM_DEBUG, 'spam_mark_as_spam', t('FIX ME: looping'), $type, $id);
     return;
   }
-  $loop = TRUE;
+  $loop[$id] = TRUE;
 
   spam_update_statistics(t('@type marked as spam', array('@type' => $type)));
   $extra['sid'] = db_result(db_query("SELECT sid FROM {spam_tracker} WHERE content_type = '%s' AND content_id = %d", $type, $id));
@@ -1754,12 +1754,12 @@ function spam_mark_as_spam($type, $id, $
  */
 function spam_mark_as_not_spam($type, $id, $extra = array()) {
   // TODO: Fix this loop
-  static $loop = FALSE;
-  if ($loop) {
+  static $loop = array();
+  if (isset($loop[$id])) {
     spam_log(SPAM_DEBUG, 'spam_mark_as_not_spam', t('FIX ME: looping'), $type, $id);
     return;
   }
-  $loop = TRUE;
+  $loop[$id] = TRUE;
 
   spam_update_statistics(t('@type marked as not spam', array('@type' => $type)));
   $extra['sid'] = db_result(db_query("SELECT sid FROM {spam_tracker} WHERE content_type = '%s' AND content_id = %d", $type, $id));
@@ -2084,6 +2084,7 @@ function spam_range($low, $high, $step =
 function spam_unpublish($type, $id, $extra = array()) {
   spam_log(SPAM_VERBOSE, 'spam_unpublish', t('unpublished'), $type, $id);
   spam_invoke_module($type, 'unpublish', $id, $extra);
+  cache_clear_all();
   spam_update_statistics(t('unpublish @type', array('@type' => $type)));
 }
 
@@ -2094,5 +2095,6 @@ function spam_unpublish($type, $id, $ext
 function spam_publish($type, $id, $extra = array()) {
   spam_log(SPAM_VERBOSE, 'spam_publish', t('published'), $type, $id);
   spam_invoke_module($type, 'publish', $id, $extra);
+  cache_clear_all();
   spam_update_statistics(t('publish @type', array('@type' => $type)));
 }

2. spam_comment.inc:

--- spam/modules/spam_comment.inc.OLD	2008-12-25 06:42:11.000000000 +0100
+++ spam/modules/spam_comment.inc	2009-02-13 17:36:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-// $Id: spam_comment.inc,v 1.1.2.1.2.11.2.1 2008/12/25 05:42:11 jeremy Exp $
+// $Id: spam_comment.inc,v 1.1.2.1.2.11.2.2 2009/02/13 16:36:05 jeremy Exp $
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ function comment_spamapi($op, $arg1 = NU
         return SPAM_NOT_PUBLISHED;
       }
 
-
-
     case 'hostname':
       return db_result(db_query('SELECT hostname FROM {comments} WHERE cid = %d', $arg1));
 

I wonder where are all other changes of code, among which there are some really necessary spam module at least to look like it works... ;-)

I am attaching all other patches (adapted to the last -dev version) which seems to make my installation a bit more comprehensive. It is however not easy to test how efficient spam module actually is (with or without those changes).

Please review the changes, and post some comments. Maybe some changes are not necessary (or not for any installation at least), but everything looks much better by my opinion (and it also hasn't caused any noticeable troubles since December / January on my production site, as applied to the previous -dev vesrion of spam module...).

Details about each particular change are all in different previously posted issues (I am sorry, but I can not track back any single change now...).