I've mixed feelings about this... while it's great that Spacetoad, the original Buildcraft developer comes back with new ideas, I'm also afraid that perhaps some of his ideas might clash with the ideas of the current maintainers of Buildcraft and might cause.... well, a problem
but I hope that isn't the case and that they've already discussed this beforehand.
but if it is the case, perhaps it'd be a nice idea for Spacetoad to create an addon to Buildcraft instead...
I'm thinking the opposite. If SpaceToad can bring back the Builder and the Stripe Pipe, then the mod will be restored to it's former glory. All Buildcraft is used for atm is the quarry, the filler and very rarely pipes.
gates are also pretty damn usefull, just wish they created some sort of block gate, instead of having to plunk down a pipe first. I know you can use a simple pipe instead, but perhaps change the gates to something like the upgrades from Steve's Carts, a panel that you can attach to the side of another block... I just don't like to be forced to plunk down a pipe first to be able to use a gate