Posted by pwolanin on May 1, 2014 at 9:16pm
see: https://drupal.org/node/2256497
After beginning work on a plugin-based implementation as a new framework for menu link, dawehner and I are very confident about the success of this approach. If you are interested in menu links, especially around issues of localization and translation, performance and scaling, or DX, please look at the summary and get involved in this effort.