1) No idea. We don't go up SVN by SVN individually. We tale jumps.
I imagine it would be in the next one, I'd hope. But no promises, since I don't actually know which next one we'd be at, etc. :X
2) Nope. Gears are easy to add manually being just an item script and all, but mapflags are codeside, and annoying and lots of little other intricate things.